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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-02
BOYS 5N00zE IN GAVE WITH BEAR
 CUBS; FOUND OK

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. D. R-An overnight snooze this week in a cave with a family of bear cubs didn't faze l1-year-old Har- old Lewis and his brother, Fred, g, except for a few scratches and minor bites being proudly displayed today by the younger boy
 They had gone fishing on Kla- wock Creek Wednesday with their father, George Lewis. Jr., and wan dered away. Thinking the young sters had returned to their home in the Indian village of Klawock, Lewis did not begin a search for them until he had gone back to the settlement.
 The boys dog led a party to the cave where the two were found sleeping with the bears. Both groups of tenants had become &C., customed to the housing situation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-02
 AAF GREAT CIRCLE
 FLIGHTS TO TOKYO

GREAT FALLS, Aug. 2-R-A C-54 Skymaster left the Great Falls Airbase here yesterday on the Air Forces Inaugural great circle flight to Tokyo, Col. John s. Chennault announced.
 The launching of the initial Great Falls Tokyo hop was made on the 10th anniversary of the Air Forces and will be carried on as weekly schedule.
 The flight left Great Falls at noon with three stops slated prior to reaching it's destination. The stops enroute are Fort Nelson, An chorage and Shemya. The last Point is on the Aleutian chain.
 Estimated time for a round trip is 84 hours.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-02
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess NorGh, from Vancouver, scheduled to arrive at 2 o'clock this afternoon and sails for Skag- way at 11:30 o'clock tonight, re- turning to Juneau sputhbound Tuesday am.
 Baranof from Seattle, due Tues day.
 Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle August 5.
 Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver August at g p. m.
 Northern Voyager scheduled to sail from Seattle August 8.
 Aleutian, from west, scheduled to arrive southbound sometime early Monday morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-02
 ARRAIGNED,
 FAIRBANKS
Killer of Two Remains Calm During Reading !
 of Murder Charges

FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Aug. 2.--tK Heavily beared after II days, in the wilderness on a diet of berries. birds and porcupines, Leon Winfield Jones, 43, heard with outward calm yesterday the murder charges against him for the ax slayings of two men at an Indian camp July 20.
 Caught Thursday in Alaska's most extensive modern manhunt, he stood uncommunicative as the charges were read before U s. Commissioner Everett E. Smith. A preliminary hearing was set for Tuesday. *
 The Big Delta military project. carpenter was captured as he stroll. ed on the Alaska Highway 10 miles, from where Donald R. Harris, B. and Carl Ahnstrom, 68-year-old trapper and prospector, were bashed to death with an ax after an Indian camp drinking party.
 Special Deputy Bill Cough, one of the many volunteers in the vide spread manhunt, said Jones Sub- mitted without resistance after Cough recognized arm tattoos through a torn sleeve and gold teeth as shown in a widely dis tributed photograph.
 He said Jones was carrying a .22 ca1ihpr rifle He also was carving part of a porcupine in a blanket over his shoulder.
 Jones has worked on Alaska con- struction jobs for four months since coming north from Vancouver, Wash, where his wife and four children reside.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-02
Storm Rages.
 Bristol Bay

SEATTLE, Aug. 2. - R-Alaska Steamship Company officials report ed today that sudden summer storm has brought loading of can- ned salmon aboard five vessels to standstill at Bristol Bay. The freighters are expected to be de- layed at least three days by the unusual weather conditions.
 The freighter Victoria arrived in Seattle Friday with 10000 cases of canned salmon from Prince William Sound points.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-02
FISH LANDINGS

Sandy A. Stevens brought his salmon packer Wanderer in to the Juneau Cold Storage this morning with 14,000 pounds for Sebastian Stuart. Also landed today was 12,000 pounds of halibut by the Arden, under Olaf Larsen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-02
FROM ANCHORAGE

Kenneth O'Harra of Anchorage is at the Baranof Hotel. Also reg. istered at the Hotel from Anchor age is Beverly A. Green.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-02
FROM BAY CITY

R. c. Hales of San Francisco, Calif., is registered at the Hotel Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-02
FROM BAY CITY

Ed Ross and Don Marcus of San Francisco. are registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-02
GUsTAvUs MAN HERE

Alexander Dufresne of Gustavus IS registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-02
SEATTLE MAN HERE

Don Thompson of Seattle is at the Hotel Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-02
QUESTIONS CAUSE BIG
 FLARE UP
SeIettive Deferments for Meyer Take Precedent
 Over War Contracts

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2-tR-The Senate War Investigating Commit tees inquiry into $4G00O, 900 wartime airplane contract award- ed Howard Hughes broke up n
Evening star., 1947-10-05
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Evening star., 1947-10-05
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Evening star., 1947-10-05

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Evening star., 1947-10-05

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Evening star., 1947-05-24
Dayton Bowling Alley Head
Slain in Front Of Home
By The Assoeio.sd Press

DAYTON, Ohio, May 24.-George
X. Zavakos, 50, Dayton bowling alley
proprietor, was shot and killed early
today on the street in front Of his
fashionable Dayton View home.
Police said he was slain by two
shots in the chest apparently after
graphing with two men whs had
lain in wait for him to return from
closing the Varsity Bowl and Day.
ton Recreation Alleys which he
owned.
Witnesses who heard the victims
screams for help said the killers fled
in an automobile after firing two
shots.
Police said that Fred u Hussey. a
-eighbor, reached Mr.. Zavakos be-
fore he lost consciousness and at
tempted to make him talk. They
quoted Mr.. Mussey as saying the
shooting occurred shortly before
am. when he and his wife were
about to retire.
Approximately $1,100 in cash was
found on Mr.. Zavakos' person. dis
counting . robbery motive, police
said.
Mr.. Zavakos' body fell from the
station wagon he had parked ut the
curb on his return home He died
In IN ambulance en- route 70 Q
hospital.
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Law Sought 10 Fine
States for Lynchings
By The Associated Press

Edgar G. Brown, director of the
National Negro Council, last night
called on the Republican congress
sional leadership to enact imme-
diately an antilynch law providing
a $25,0OO penalty against counties
and States where lynchings occur. 3
Mr.. Brown, in q statement, de-
scribed as appalling" verdict Of
a Greenville (S.C) jury which
Wednesday night acquitted 28 men
accused of lynching a Negro. He
also cited the apparent lynching OF
Negro yesterday at Jackson N: c.,
as an example of what he said is the
need for Federal legislation.
In kilograms to Chairman Taft
of the Senate Republican Policy
Committee and Speaker Martin, Mr..
Brown said:
"As could be expected, the Roman
holiday for lynchers touched on
by the appalling decision Of the
Greenville Is. c. jury has spread
to her sister State of North Carolina
and another Negro has been done
away with by q mob.
"On behalf of 10000 Negroes
in the United States we call upon
the majority leadership Of the
Eightieth Congress to Immediately
enact Federal antilynch law pen
alizing by q fine Of $25, 900 any and
all counties and States where such
lynchings occur, and further, i'm
prisonment for those officials whose
failure results in such lynching re-
gardlesS OF race, creed or color"
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Agriculture
CONTINUED From First Page.)

mittee argued the sum may be
Topped of the 1948 budget total,
since President Truman had listed
it among his spending estimates for
next year.
The Budget Bureau dismissed the
matter as a wash transaction, .
meaning little more than canceling
out two balancing sets of figures in
the Governments books.
Still to be reported by the House
Appropriations Committee are sup
ply bills for the War Department,
Army engineers and such independ-
ent offices as the Veterans Admin
istration.
Deepest cuts in the agriculture
bill yesterday were aimed at the
farm tenant, soil conservation,
school lunch and crop insurance
programs.
/ The committee refused to author
ize any money for soil conservation
payments for the 1948 crop year and
cut SIT, ,620,754 from the s267 .620.- :
754 requested by the President for
this year.
Anderson Protests Cuts.
1t trimmed the school lunch funds
from SIS .O00, 900 to $45 900 900, with
held all funds for new farm tenant
loans, and ordered the crop insur-
ance program cut down to expert
mental size with suggestion II
ought to be liquidated.
The overall cut. slashing the
PRESIDENTS budget request Of 81 1885,
| 571 ,3l8 to $s05, ,143, SIS, Was the larges1
since the House chopped IS per cent
from the Interior Department
money last month. an action no
yet approved by the Senate.
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Preserved Warship
To Be Shown Here

The first public showing here OF a
preservative-treated reserve feet
naval vessel will take place tomor-
row, when the Naval Gun Factory
closes Naval Reserve week with an
open house.
The ship is the destroyer Plunkett.
most recent addition to the craft
available for reserve training pur-
poses here.
The Plunkett was decommissioned
last year and the protective treat
ment was applied.
Some of the preservatiye measures
since have been removed to facili-
tate limited use of the vessel for
training, but it still is partly in
moth balls" according to the Po-
tomac River Naval Command.
The submarine Drum and the LIST
987 also will be open to the public
tomorrow. These vessels also are
being used by Washington area
Naval Reservists.
The Gun Factory will be open from
noon to $50 pm. The Navy Band
will play from to 3.
At 3 O'Clock members of the Or
ganized Reserve will muster for the
return of two trophies won by local
Reserve units before the war.
The Torpedo Testing Station at
Piney Point, Md, also will be open
to the public tomorrow.
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Three Purse Snafchinqs
In 70 Minutes Reported

Police are looking for q young
neatly dressed colored man who took
purses from three women within 20
minutes early today.
Miss Doris N. Coleman, 10, of
1909 Barnes place NE, and Miss
Frances Allen, 20, of 1924 Barnes
place NE, reported they were walk
ing in the 600 block of Tenth street
NE. at 2:10 am. when their purses
were snatched. Miss Coleman was
treated for head bruises suffered,
police reported, when the purse
snatcher struck her. The purses
contained about $3.50. police said.
At 2:30 am, Miss Ruth English,
20, of 1919 c street NE, was robbed
of her purse as she was walking
near her home. The purse contained
SIS. Miss English was treated at
Casualty Hospital for shock. Police
said the purse snatcher was de-
scribed as about 18 years old and
wearing a new two-tone blue and
gray jacket and dark trousers.
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Morse 10 Speak Tonight
AT typographical Banquet

Senator Morse, Republican, of
Oregon will be the principal
speaker at the 9th annual Virginia
Carolina Typographical Conference
at o'clock tonight at the Hotel
Washington. .....
The two-day conference was to
open at 4 pm, with Jesse b.
Manbeck, retiring president Of
the Columbia Typographical Union,
presiding. Thirty-two delegates from
16 cities IN Virginia. North and
South Carolina and the District are
participating.
Besides Senator Morse. honor
guests at the banquet tonight will
include Senator Jenner, Republican,
of Indiana, chairman Of the Joint
Committee on Printing. and Chair
man Knutson Of the House Ways
and Means Committee. Represent
ative Knutson is a member Of the
International Typographical Union.
Another union member, Represent
ative Hull, Republican, of Wisconsin,
will speak at q memorial service for
members of the ITU who lost their
lives In the war. This will be held at
3 pm. tomorrow at the hotel. VIII
liam Green, president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, and Frank
Morrison, AFL secretary emeritus,
are expected to participate.
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Chemical Worfore Association
Sees Display Of New Weapons
Royal Says Country
Must Lead World in
Developing A-Bomb

Undersecretary Of War Ken
meth c. Royal said last night
the United States has no choice
but to push forward In i'm
provement OF the atomic bomb,
germ warfare and similar
weapons until world peace Is
assured.
In an address to the Chem
ical Warfare Association, Mr..
Royal pointed out that knowl-
edge the United States was
ready 10 retaliate with even
more effective forms of chem
ical warfare deferred the enemy
from using gas In World War II.
For the sake of our national
safety we must stay ahead Of
the rest of the world In new
development--neW development
OF planes, ships, guns, bombs,
gases, germs, weapons Of all
kinds" said Mr.. Royal.
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Capt. E. A. Cobey 10 Retire
After 38 Years in Navy

Capt. Elwood A. Cobey, fiscal as
sistant to the chief Of the Navy
Aeronautics Bureau, will retire
Wednesday after 38 years Of con-
tinuous service, the Navy announced
today.
A farewell dinner, given for him
recently at the Army Navy Club
was attended by Admiral Ernest J.
King and Admiral J. H. Towers,
chairman Of the Navy General
Board. A longtime Washington
resident. Capt. Cobey was special
assistant to Franklin D. Roosevelt
when he was Assistant Secretary of
the Navy in World War I.
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Scientists Asked 10 Share
Discoveries With People

The scientist must come out OF his
laboratory and tell the people Of his
discoveries that have social force,
so all men may be equal, DR.. Wilton
M. Krogman, president Of the Amer
ican Association Of Physical Anthro-
pology, told an audience here last
night at the National Museum.
He spoke on "Anthropology In
Race Relations" The program was;
under the Joint auspices OF the
District Apthropological Association
and the Medico-C Chirlrgical Society
OF the District. DR.. Krogman =
professor Of biology at the University
Of Chicago.
He declared prejudice or dis
elimination based on observable
biological differences, such - shape
Of the head or nose, skin color or
other elements has no scientif,c
basis. He said any attempt 70 tise
the types, which scientists use for
mere convenience, ~ distortion to-
arouse divisions among men
asmacks Of the Mani idsa ef hsrrsus,
folk
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Rejection Of Truman /!
Import Control Plea
Indicated by Taft
by the Assoeiatsd Press

Senator Taft, Republican of Ohio
indicated today that Republicans
in Congress may give President Tru-
man oity half loaf-the exten-
sion of export authority-in dealing
with his request for continuation
of some wartime controls.
The President asked Congress yes
terday to continue for year au-
thority to regulate the importa-
tions of such items as fats, oils and
rice among food products. He
sought retention Of ALLEGATION con-
trolls over tin, manila, cordage, an
timony, cinchona bark and quinine
Senator Taft, who heads the
Senate Republican Policy Commit
tee, told a reporter that while he
wants to reserve final decision until
he has studied the Presidents re-
quest further, he is inclined to be-
lieve the time has come when i'm
port controls can be dropped.
Taft Wants Evidence.
The President said in his message
bllA6 CUulltly u1uSU tdAC otCPo W
make certain that we do not add
to the hunger of other peoples by
importing more than our agreed
share of scarce foods" ~.
Senator Taft said he wants to
hear the evidence on this point but
remains to be convinced that i'm
ports will be greatly increased by
an end to the controls.
The President asked for both i'm
port and export controls over fer
tilizer as well as priorities with
which to obtain needed industrial
materials and machinery to COM
plete some projects abroad.
Hoover Statement Recalled.
The Presidents request for = ,n-
tinued controls over fertilize / re-
called a recent assertion by !ormer
President Herbert Hoover tlat Eu-
rope is "gasping" for fert .zer. Mr..
Hoover condemned Az d destruc-
ton of German no. n jon making
plants, which, he said, are capable
of turning out badly needed fer
tilizer.
The powers Mr.. Truman seeks
were contained originally
in a law called the Second War
Powers Act, which expired March
81. Congress already has granted
a stop-gap extension until June 80.
Evening star., 1947-05-24

be valuable to American industry.
Outstanding among these was q
synthetic human blood plasma
which was made almost literally
'sout of stone" According to the
German Army records more than
800, 600 transfusions were made with
this material on approximately 40.-
600 patients with generally excel
lent results.
This "peristone" is made on a
basis of acetyline which In turn
comes from limestone and coke.
Blood plasma itself is combina-
ton of proteins-organic substances
built up of nitrogen carbon and sui
phur. Perisone is yellow solid
which is mixed with water before
injection.
Drugs for treatment OF asthma
and several repeatedly of value in
some types Of cancer were shown for
the first time.
Evening star., 1947-05-24
By The Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND. Va, May 24.-The
State Highway Department an
nounced it is going to try sand
bagging Northern Virginia motor
lists back into line.
A sand bag "mockup" OF a trafhc
circle at Seven Forks, some times
called Fort Buffalo, will be built
next week in Fairfax County where
seven roads, including the Lee
boulevard and the Leesburg pike,
run like spokes to the hub OF a
wheel at the intersection.
The multiple intersection has had
a high accident frequency ever since
the war days brought the heavy
traffic to the metropolitan area OF
Washington.
Evening star., 1947-05-24
Two Die as Explosion
Destroys Fishing Boat
By the A..oeioted Press

PRINCE RUPERT, British Co
lumbia, May 24.-Two fishermen
were killed, q third Is missing and
three others were injured severely
In an explosion and fire that de-
stroyed the halibut boat Lorna II
and Partially burned the Home Oh
Co. wharf along which the vessel
vas moored.
Cause Of the blast has not been
determined. Owners estimated the
damage at more than $4,000
The dead:
Stan Orvick, who body was re-
covered from Prince Rupert Bay
late yesterday.
Robert Houston, crewman, who
died OF injuries soon after the ex-
plosion.
Missing Is Sig Grunser. crewman
Capt. Hans Knutsen, master and
owner OF the craft; David Houston
brother Of Robert, and John Wick
were burned severely and are being
treated h Z hospital here.