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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-09
STEAMER M0vEMENTS

Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver 9 tonight.
 Northern Voyager, scheduled to sail from Seattle October 10.
 Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle October II.
 Alaska scheduled to sail from Se- attle October IA.
 Terminal Knot scheduled to sail from Seattle Oct. IA for Juneau. Ketchikan and Seward
 Aleutian, from west, scheduled southbound 8 a. m. Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-09
Recent Visitor Also Dis (usses Changes for
 Statehood

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9-RI- Rep. Dawson (R-Utah said today it is absolutely imperative" that the United States spend more money for defenses in Alaska and make it "a real fortress"
 If Russia should attack us It would be through the northern area" Dawson told reporter Il think we should spend less money helping Europe and more in build ing impregnable defenses in the Territory"
 Dawson, just back from hear ings in Alaska on granting state hood to the Territory, told a re- porter he does not believe the area is ready to become state from financial standpoint.
 He added, however, he was more in favor of statehood than before he visited the Territory with House Public Lands Committee.
 II haven't definitely made up my mind but Alaska should event ually be given statehood" Daw- son said.
 "The majority of the people want it and when we bring up the ques- ton of their financial ability to support statehood they ask why we don't let them worry about that.
 And, they may be right.
 He said other members of the committee were more in favor of immediate statehood.
 q might vote for it now DaW- son continued.
 The non-taxpayers are in favor of it and the salmon and gold mining interests oppose it in fear it will increase their taxes.
 Some folks there want to load the absentee owners with the addl- tional taxes needed for statehood and expect that taxes of the local people will not he increased.
 What Alaska needs is broader tax base.
 III the peOple liiciC PoAo comparable to those paid by the people of the United States in eacn state they would have no dlfllcul- ty in financing statehood"
 Dawson said he believed the statehood bill will be pushed by the House Public Lands Commit tee next year, but flatly sad:
 Tt is hopeless for Alaska to expect the statehood bill to De enacted at the next session. There is not time enough for it to be enacted"
 FROM PELICAN
 l.. O. Jacobsen of Pelican is stay
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-09
FISH LANDINGS

E. o. Swanson of Elfin Cove brought in 1900 pounds of kings this morning to the Juneau Cold Storage on board the packer Elfin II. The salmon went to Alaska Coast Fisheries.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-09

Chilean coal miners, now entering its fifth day, to Communist revolutionary plot instigated by a Russian satellite. The miners say they want more money. One group of the miners rejected last night a government offer of 30 to 40 percent increases.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-09
NEW LIQUOR LICENSE

Lawrence Dubois has filed appli- cation with the Clerk of the U. S. District Court here for retail li- quor license on s. Franklin St.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-09
FROM SITKA

The following visitors from Sitka are registered at the Baranof. Frank J. Karls, A. D. Wright and Arne Dorum.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-09
COASTAL VESSELS TO
 BE OPERATED
Walkout, Scheduled fol Noon Today, Is Off,
 Louise Sails Tonight

VANCOUVER, B. c. Oct. 9.-tR- Reports that the strike of British Columbia Coastal Marine Engineers might still be called" were denied today by Denis Heard, National President of the Marine Engineers Association QFL).
 As far as I am concerned, the strike has definitely been averted." he told the Canadian press. "A settlement has been reached on wages and hours, the two main points in dispute"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-09
LOUISE TO SAIL

D. H. E. MacLean, local agent for the Canadian Pacific. has received radiogram from his headquarters office in Vancouver stating that in connection with the threatened marine strike, you may advise all concerned that there will be no in- terruption to this service"
 This undoubtedly has reference to the Southeast Alaska service and means the Princess Louise will sail tonight at o'clock. as sched- uled
 The strike of the marine engi- neers was scheduled for noon today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-09

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Evening star., 1947-04-19
Greeks Declare u. ).
Will Show Air Power
BY the Assoeioted Press

ATHENS, April 1s.-The news
paper Eleftheria said today that
an official of the United States
Embassy in Athens had acquiesced
to Greek request for squadrons
of United States Navy planes from
the carrier Leyte-now in Greek
waters-to fly over guerrilla held
territory in Northern Greece in a
demonstration.
The United States Embassy said
it had no comment to make on
the Eleftheria report, which identi-
fed the official as James H. Keeley,
jr., counselor of the Embassy.
A spokesman for Premier Deme-
trios Maximos said yesterday that
the Premier's conversation the day
before with Mr.. Keeley was "pri-
vate" and concerned economic aid
primarily.
The paper said MIR. Keeley had
protested to Premier Maximos
against reported recent increases in
right-wing terrorism and strongly
recommended that the government
take action. He also was quoted as
expressing concsrn over the trade
union situation and as requesting
corrective measures.
Minister of War George Stratos,
who returned late last night from
Larisa, announced that more than
$50 guerrillas surrounded in the
Southern Pindus Mountains had
been killed, wounded or captured
since the Greek Army began cper-
ations there 10 days ago.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Living Cost Up 2Pct.
InMarch, U.S.. Reports

The cost of living rose 2 per cent
between mid-February and mid
March to record high of 1856 per
cent of the 1935-1936 average, the
Bureau of Labor statistics reported
today.
Prices increased for all major
groups of items used by moderate
income families in large cities, the
Bureau said.
Food prices advanced SO per cent
during the month after having de-
clined 29 per cent between mid
November and mid-February. Other
living essentials rose less than per
cent.
Fresh fruits and vegetables and
meats each rose more than 5 per
cent; fats and oils increased 9 per
cent: prices for cereals and bakery
products advanced per cent and
for dairy products and beverages, 2
per cent.
The retail prices of necessities In
mid-March stood per cent higher
than in mid-December, 20 per cent
higher than year ago and more
than So per cent above August, 1899.
The index for food alone March Is
was 1895, one point higher than in
mid-November and "a per cent
above the previous peak of June, 1920.
A special bureau survey in IL cities
indicates food prices have since
dropped one-half of / per cent be-
tween March Is and April Is. The
drop was counter to the usual trend
from mid March to mid-April,
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Red Cross Lists
58OKnown Dead
In Texas City
Rescuers to Re-enter
Monsonto Plant Todoy
For More Bodies
By the Associated Pres,

TEXAS CITY, Tex, April 19.-
Weary but dogged rescue work.
ers in grotesque asbestos suits
were ready at sunrise today to 20
back into the ruins of the Mon
santo Chemical Co. plant for
more victims of Wednesdays
explosions, which wrecked this
Gulf town.
Already the Red Cross has re-
leased list of $50 dead in this
blast-razed community. The Hous-
ton Chronicle said, however, the
Red Cross conceded that there were
number of Implications on the
list. Earlier, its total had been 542.
Last niglr, Mayor ]. C. Trahan
appointed a three-member dead
body commission" to prevent unau-
thorized removal of victims.
Fires still burned in oil storage
tanks, casting gloomy pail of smoke
over the area. The grim task of
putting them out continued.
Also continued is the Coast Guard
investigation into the cause of the
igger-explosion aboard the Grand
camp, a French vessel that was
loading nitrate when it blew up at
s:12 am. Wednesday.
In recurring explosions and fires,
two other ships were sunk, the High
Evening star., 1947-04-19
BY the Associated Press

TEXAS CITY, Tex, April 19.-
The next time Paul Stokes finds a
dollar bill on the sidewalk he may
not even stoop to pick 1t up. Yes
terday he found $4,000, 900.
Mr. Stokes, Houston (Tex.)
man, has been putting in "a hours a
day as a rescue worker. He was
probing the ruins of the Texas City
Terminal Railway Co. when he
came across the company safe.
1t looked as if safe-cracker had
used too large load of nitro on it.
1t was messy job, but efficient.
Inside was a mass of papers. Mr..
Stokes took them to w. H. Sandberg
vice president of the company.
Thank God for this" Mr.. Sand
berg said. This is $1,000, 900 in
company fire insurance policies"
He gave Mr.. Stokes the keys to
other rooms and asked him to look
around again. This time Mr.. Stokes
took a sheet with him. He entered
room after ruined room.
When he came back, he had more
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Elliott Roosevelt Terms
Wallace Political Messiah
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, April 1e,-Seven
thousand persons heard Elliott
Roosevelt describe Henry Wallace
last night as political messiah
with a true vision of world and
American political salvation.
Saying that the Wallace's aim
is world peace, Mr.. Roosevelt de-
clared that the former Vice Presi-
dent is telling the people of the
rest of the world that they must
help our people force their leaders
to turn back to the principles of
Franklin Roosevelt"
He predicted that "in 1852 a new
President will be elected who will
finally solve the problems which
todays leaders are incapable of
handling"
Mr.. Roosevelt addressed meeting
sponsored by Progressive Citizens
OF America, which was organized
as memorial to his father. He
called for more regimentation of
the Nations economy and for an
end to curb on labor unions.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Austin Tells Editors
Aid Programs Can
Speed U. n. Growth
Pool Of Newsprint
Suggested to Help
Small Newspapers

Warren R. Austin, chief Amer
ican delegate to the United Ma
tions, today told the American
Society of Newspaper Editors
that such agreements as those
contemplated in this country's
Greek-Turkish aid program "can
result in strengthening the
United Nations and speeding up
the process of its development"
Addressing a luncheon meeting of
the society which is holding it's an
nual convention in the Hotel Stat
Ter, Mr.. Austin declared:
THE policy of the United States
as expressed last fall by President
Truman is to support the United
Nations with all the resources that
we possess the United States
embarked upon that course as far
back as January /, 1912, when the
United Nations declaration was
signed. 1t has been followed con-
sistently ever since"
The speaker warned, however, that
there "are echoes of the old head
underline -bedclothes isolationisrl,
dismissing the United Nations as
futile, but offering no alternative. Z"
So long as the United Nations exists,
he declared, the disagreements and
rivalries of the world can be con-
tanned within its framework.
Investment Pool Suggested.
Earlier, Nelson Poynter of the St.
Petersburg Times suggested to the
editors that publishers using 1000
tons or more of newsprint annually
contribute to pool to be drawn on
by the country's smallest papers. He
suggested that weekly ALLEGATION
of two tons be set up to take care of
daily or weekly publications that are
experiencing difficulties.
Mr.. Poynter, who has been oper-
ating his newspaper despite a strike
of the international Typographical
tSee EDITORS Page AL
Evening star., 1947-04-19
BY the A.soeioted Press

NEW YORK, April 19.-Dow,
Jones g. Co., business news
agency, said today in a Pitts
burgh dispatch that a wage pact
between, United States Steel
Corp, and the CIO United Steel
workers union had been con-
Icluded.
The agency quoted reports in
usually authoritative circles" as the
source of its information.
United States Steel Corp. and the
steel union, the agency added, said
they mad mo comment"
The Pittsburgh story continued
that "in all probability" the agree
ment would be approved by the
unions wage policy committee meet
ing in Pittsburgh Monday.
The dispatch added that with
Evening star., 1947-04-19
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, April 19.-Charles w.
Bidwill, owner of the Chicago Car
dinals professional football team,
died today of pneumonia in st.
Georges Hospital.
The 51-year-old lawyer and sports
man died at $40 am. after lapsing
into a coma several days ago He
was placed in an oxygen tent shortly
after he was stricken last Tuesday.
Besides owning the Cardinals, Mr.
Bidwill was president of the Ma
tional Jockey Club, which operates
the Sportsmen's Park race track In
suburban Cicero, and was also man
aging director of the Hawthorne
race track in Cicero.
He had large interests in four
dog tracks in Florida, two in jack
sonyille and one each in Tampa and
Miami Beach. He was stockholder
in the American Turf Association
which owns Churchill Downs In
Louisville and Lincoln Fields In
Crete. III. He also owned the Chi
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Gypsum Firm Diverts
Entire Plant Output
To Rebuild Torn City
BY the Assoeiated Press

BUFFALO, N. Y, April 10
The National Gypsum Co. said
today it would set aside tempo
rarily its entire gypsum board
output at Rotan, Tex, for pur-
chase by home rebuilders in ex-
plosion-wrecked Texas City.
The offer was forwarded to
Gov. Beauford H. Jester of
Tevas.
1--WE understand the destruc-
tion of homes has been so great
that dwellings will be needed
for 1000 families" President
Melvin H. Baker said. "Gyp-
sum board can be supplied at
the rate of 200 houses per day
from the Rotan plant.
"At the present the plant is
greatly oversold due to its back
log of orders, but we believe our
trade will understand our posi-
ton and forgo shipments in
this crisis"
Evening star., 1947-04-19
156 Distance Runners
Start Boston Marathon
By the Associated Press

BOSTON, April 19.-An interna-
tional field of 1855 durable long-dis-
tance runners shuf1ed off from rural
Hopkinton at noon (EST) today in
the 5lst annual Boston Athletic AS
sociation marathon.
Ideal weather for distance runners
cloudy skies and a tempera-
ture about 50-prevailed as the pack
off with six former winners
an dthe largest foreign contingent
since before the war.
The 26-mile 385-yard course ends
in Boston's Back Bay.
Ellison (Tarzan) Brown, the Mar
Indian from Alton, r. L.,
who won the gruelling test in 1896
and 1889, was a last-minute scratch,
as was one of the foreign list, XII
Chunk-son. from Korea, 1886 Olym-
pics marathon titlist.
Both weer out with sore feet.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Charles W. BidwiII, 81, Dies;
Owner of Football Cardinals

cago Bluebirds, girls softbaIl
team.
Friends said Mr.. Bidwill COM
planned of a heavy cold when he
returned from Miami Beach several
weeks ago.
Surviving are his widow, Violet:
two sons, Charles W., student at
Georgetown University, Washing
ton, D.. c., and William, a student
at st. Ignatius High School here; a
brother, State Senator Arthur j.
Bidwill of River Forest, Ill, and a
sister, Loretta of Chicago. All the
survivors were at his bedside when
he died.
Mr.. Bidwill, known throughout his
sports career as "Blueshirt Charlie, :"
because of his fondness for solid
blue shirts, was born September Is,
1895. on Chicago's West Side.
He studied law at Loyola Univer-
sity, Chicago, and received his de-
gree in 1917. While q student he
lsee BIDWILL, Page A-2.5
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Two Killed as Train Strikes Car
At Crossing in HyottsviIIe
Witness Says Auto Started Across Tracks
Just as Gotes Began to Descend

Two men were kille dat noon
today when Washington bound
Baltimore & Ohio passenger
train struck their automobile at
the Melrose crossing in Hyatts-
vile.
Police identified the victims from
personal papers as Frank P. Leitch,
SO, 1912 Forty-third place NV, and
Ralph r. Doff1emyer, A, of 1106
Trinity place, Silver Spring. Mr..
Leitch, police said. was driving.
The accident occurred at the in
tersection of Rhode Island avenue,
Crittenden street and Forty second
place, a few blocks south of the
County Service Building in Hyatts-
vile.
Prince Georges County police were
told by Mrs. Grace Heflin. who was
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Thomas Circle Fire
Ties Up Traffic

A two-alarm fire broke out today
In the attic of the old Wylie House
on Thomas Circle, damaging the
roof and tying up traffic in all
directions.
All motor patrols in the city were
ordered to Thomas Circle to re-
route traffic. Firemen, attempting
to fight the roof flames put up three
extension ladders to the roof but
were constantly repelled by dense
smoke. The fire was brought under
control, however, in about half
hour.
The house, long a Washington
landmark, has been vacant since its
sale to the Chesapeake 81 Potomac
Telephone Co., which plans to erect
an eight-story Office building on
the site.
Cause of the fire was not immed-
lately determined.
The Wyie house, built before the
Civil War, was the home of Justice
Andrew Wylie, outstanding member
of the old Supreme Court of the
Dostrict. Elinor Wylie, the poet, also
lived there.
The house. once famous for its
parties, was the scene of dramatic
historic incident. Defense counsel in
the military trial of Mrs. Mary E..
Surratt came to the house in the
middle of the night and reused
Justice Wylie. After hearing the
lawyers he issued a writ which, if
honored, would have had the effect
OF removing Mrs. Surratt from the
jurisdiction of the Army and bring
ing her before a civil court. The
writ was set aside by President john
Son and Mrs. Surratt was executed.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
10 Million in Insurance Policies
Found in Texas CITY Ruins

paper. They were 500 individual
policies of workers, and Mr.. Sand
berg said they amounted to over
$4,000
T had sheet full of them" Mr..
Stokes said, removing his tin helmet
and wiping his forehead on the
sleeve of white jacket.
Mr.. Sandberg said their recovery
would speed up steps in recovering
insurance tremendously.
MIR. Stokes earlier had helped re-
cover 86 bodies. Six had been in
the first floor of the terminal. and
Mr.. Stokes said, There's more there
but we need heavy equipment to get
to them"
He reached into his pocket and
pulled out shiny medal. He looked
at 1t and read aloud, slowly: THE
Thomas Jefferson Southern award
by the Virginia Court of Review for
significant literary work on South
ern United States. 1s4l." The
name wasn't clear. Joint"
I suppose he's dead now" Mr..
Stokes said.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Support for Greek Aid
May Bar Lend-Lease
Shipment 10 Russia
Inconsistency Charged
In Truman Advocacy
OF Both Measures
By J. A. O'Leory

The Greek Turkish aid bill Is
due to pass the Senate Tuesday
by a substantial majority, but
the State Department appears
to be facing defeat in it's effort
to complete lend-lease contracts
with Russia.
The strong support that has de-
veloped for the plan to spend s400,-
900, 900 to check the spread of COM
munism In Eastern Europe has had
the effect of stiffening opposition to
& any further lend-lease shipments to
! Russia.
The administrations action in
advocating both steps at the same
time has brought charges in the
Senate of Inconsistency in foreign
policy.
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan,
leading Republican advocate Of BIZ
partisan foreign policy, took the
floor late yesterday to remind his
colleagues that the remaining lend
lease shipments the State Depart
ment wants to send to Russia (about
Sl7,000000 WORTH were contracted
for about five weeks after VI day.
The Senator said this country
should not go back on its word, so
that it will be in a clear position
to challenge the Soviet Union if
that government does not keep its
agreements.
In statement off the floor, how
ever, Chairman Bridges of the
Senate Appropriations Committee
charged the State Department with
attempting to carry water on both
shoulders" by trying to complete
lend-lease shipments to Russia and
head off communism in Eastern
Europe at the same time.
Congress put a ban on lend-lease
Gee EHD rTCN Doro A o.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Teacher Pay Increase
To Cost Million Less,
Joint Committee Told
District OfficioIs Revise
Estimates, See $2,70S. 900
Added to Deficit
By John w. Thompson, Jr.

School and District officials
today agreed the long-run cost
of the new teachers pay bill
would be 100000 less than
earlier estimates.
They told a Senate House District
subcommittee the eventual cost of
the measure will be nearer $3,000,-
600 than the $4,o00,000 figure orig
inally quoted by the Commissioners.
District officials explained their
earlier estimates had been made
without complete information on
the details Of the bill.
AS for the immediate picture.
however, the joint committee was
told that passage of the bill would
add $2,708,000 to the SIT, 600, 900
deficit the city will incur If its
$95, 100000 budget now before Con-
gress is passed in toto.
Taxes May Offset Deficit.
The joint committee, headed by
Senator Cain, Republican of WASH
ington, is also considering the
Commissioners new tax program
to offset this threatened deficit.
Deputy Budget Officer William G.
Wilding explained to the commit
tee that the giant 1948 budget now
contains no provision for the $3.50
across-the-board pay increase now
being received by District teachers
and costing the city approximately
81 100000 He explained that Con-
gress authorized the increase only for
the current year and the city is not
permitted to include in its budget
items lacking specific authorize
tion.
Thus, if the pending teachers pay
bill is passed, it will add to city costs
for the year beginning next July
l, 81 ,600,0 900 to maintain the pres
ent temporary increase and an ad-
ditional $1,108,o00 to permit an ad-
ditional $3.50 across board boost
and a few other salary adjustments.
The testimony was given before a
packed hearing room.
Chairman Cain announced that
at least 18 witnesses had indicated a
(See TEACHERS PAY, Page A-2,)
Evening star., 1947-04-19
French Grain Failure
Brings Request for
100000 Extra Tons
Mission Here Appeals
To Emergency Council
To Avert Rution Cut
By Malcolm Lomborne, Jr.

France will be forced to cut its
bread ration from $50 to 200
grams a day, starting May /, as
a result of failure of the winter
wheat crop, owing to severe
weather, it was learned today.
Accordingly, representatives OF
that country have appealed to the
International Emergency Food
Council here for 100000 tons of
grain above its present ALLEGATION in
May and June.
Only assurances of a greater allo-
cation will avert the bread ration
cut. an official of the French Food
Mission here said.
1t is assumed that the added sup
plies, if made available, would come
from the United States.
waiting for Trouble"
The official asserted that France
was lin very bad situation" insofar
as food is concerned and warned
that I'VE are waiting for trouble"
Former President Herbert Hoover
yesterday expressed the view that
the world faces worse food cricis
next year. He blamed this on the
fact that victors of the war have
been destroying Europe's fertilizer
plants.
Mr. Hoover, who appeared before
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee yesterday to indorse the ad-
ministration's $3.50, ,0O0, 900 food relief
program for five European coun-
tries, said all Europe was "gasping
for fertilizer
The committee arranged to act
next Tuesday on the relief program.
Frances winter wheat crop was
virtually wiped out by Europes S
bitter winter. Producers then had to
dip into reserve stocks for spring
planting, now under way
Germans Called Better Off.
I'VE can't wait until there is no
more grain, and accordingly, have
asked for more supplies to avert real
hunger" the mission official de-
clared.
Even Germany is better off than
we are he added.
The proposed ration cut would
place France below rations in Bel
gium and the Netherlands, it was
pointed out.
The official said Frances stated
requirements for the present mar
keting year which ends this summer
were 100000 tons, including needs
of North Africa. France received
an IEFC ALLEGATION of 400, 1000 tons,
he said.