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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-23
SPECIAL KINY PROGRAM

On Wednesday evening at 9:2o over KINY, Miss Claire Folta Will sing Remembering. The music was written by Dr. Frederick Fleming Beale, who was in Juneau l2 years lgo. The lyrics were written by Mrs Trevor Davis Dr Beale had many music pupils during his stay ln Juneau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-23
WEATHER REPORT

, GU S WEATHER BUREAU) , Temperatures for 24- Hour Period . Ending G:30 O'Clock This Morning
 9 In Juneau Maximum, 45;
 . minimum, 35.
 , At Airport Maximum, A, . minimum, 37.
 . WEATHER FORECAST } fJuneau and Vicinity
 . Mostly cloudy with occa-
 sional snow or rain tonight
 , and Wednesday. Cooler. } PRECIPITATION , (Past 24 hours ending 730 e.m. toddyj . In Juneau .82 inches; . since Dec. l, 6.56 inches;
 , since July l, 60.12 inches. . At Airport 50 inches; . since Dec. l, 292 inches; . since July l. 3496 inches. .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-23
PANAMA REJECTS
 U. S. PLAN
National Assembly Unani- mousIy Refuses 10 Lease
 Bases for Military Use

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-lR Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, Ambassador to Panama. said af- ter conference with President Truman today that he believes an agreement will be reached with Panama for the United States to have military bases there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-23
FROM CoRDOyA

Georgina Martland of Cordova is staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-23

PANAMA, Panama, Dec. 23.-'R - Panama's National Assembly unani- mously refused last night to ratlfy a signed agreement giving the Unit ed States the right to lease and man 14 military and airfield sites as de- fense bases for the Panama Canal.
 The aSsembly's action took the form of a flat rejection of the pact and seemed to close the door to future negotiation. Informed sources here expressed belief the issue might wind up in the lap of the United Nations or some international arbl- tration tribunal.
 The rejection, voted 5l to 0, touched off a wild celebration in the capital Thousands Of persons marched through the streets shout ing gleefully: Tt did not pass. In the midst of the demonstrators was former Foreign Minister Ri cardo J. Alfaro, who resigned Dec. Q because of opposition to the pact
 Alfaro's successor, Florencio Aro- semena, quit yesterday, few hours before the assembly voted, because of his partys opposition to the agreement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-23
HERE FROM sITKA

Gus Nikotas of Sitka is stopping at the Gastineau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-23

Mrs Helen S Vinson of River side, Calf. Is stoppng at the Baranof. .s
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-23

R. F. Marquis of Seattle is reg istered at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-23

R. E. Kreuger of Anchorage is staying at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-23

Mrs. John Heusisen of Pelican is registered at the Baranoi Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-23

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. - lRl - Rep. Engel (R.-Mich.) suggested to- day that the United States construct a new Atlantic Pacific canal outside Panama if that nation insists upon denying defense bases there.
 Engel, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, told reporters:
 There is no doubt in my mind but what the act of the Panama National Assembly was influenced at least in part by the Communist movement in the Canal Zone.
 The Panama Assembly voted down last night an agreement allowing the United States l4 leased military bases on Panamanian soil.
 American government officials said United States forces will con- tinue to use the bases despite the assembly's vote, under previous agreement.
 Panama disputes that interpre- tation of the 1922 agreement.
Evening star., 1947-09-02
Armed Citizens
Hunt Down Man
| |InHit-RunDedth
By the Assoeieisd Press

WINSTON-SALEM, N. c., Sept. 2.
An angry. armed band of citizens
last night captured the alleged driver
of a fast-moving automobile which
police said struck and killed g
year-old bicyclist near here.
The armed men turned the man
over to Sheriff Ernie Shore. The
sheriff said the alleged driver, whom
he identified as Alvin Jones, 20, was
held in Forsyth County jail here
without bond on charges OF man
slaughter, hit and run, reckless
driving, speeding and driving with
out a license, in connection with the
death of Julian Lee Mathley.
Police said the speeding car struck
and dragged the youngster 300 yards,
then overturned as 1t rounded cor
ner. The driver ran away.
When word of the youngsters
death spread Konnoak Hills COM
munity men armed themselves and
searched the area until they located
Jones. Sheriff Shore said Jones de-
MED driving the car but that three
police officers had identified him.
Evening star., 1947-09-02
What theRussions
Are Soyinq of Us:

The Moscotr radio, broadcdstin
in Romanian to Europe, last Ueei
said
"The popular governments Of
Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Ro-
mania are based on wide coali-
ton of the democratic parties.
Democratic freedoms are much
more secure in these countries
than they are in Great Britain
or in the United States.
THE policy of independence of
East European countries, their
clearly expressed tendency to
preserve their sovereignty and
freedom-these are the true
causes of the hostile attitude of
the leading British and American
circles. Hence the ending
calumnies of the press and radio
against the new democracies.
Hence the attempts of the Anglo
American bloc to discriminate
against these countries In the or
ganizations attached to the
United Nations.
"The interference of the United
States and Great Britain in this
struggle on the side of the fiercest
enemies of democracy will un-
doubtedly not remain without
consequences. The result of this
interference will be an even
stronger unity OF the popular
masses around democratic gov
ernments."
Evening star., 1947-09-02
City Heads Reverse Dismissal
OfStewort by Police Trial Board
Reinstatement Date
Set Back to Cover
Most of $4OO Fine

The District Commissioners
today reversed the Police Trial
Boards dismissal of Pvt. James
A. Stewart, jr., on charges OF
beating a Georgetown Univer-
sity student. Instead they i'm
posed a $40O fine in a decision
which apparently puts the
heavier penalty on second sew
enth precinct policeman who is
said to have stood by while the
incident took. place. ~ 80
While reversing the boards ma
jority recommendation for Pvt.
Stewards dismissal, the Commis-
sioners concurred In the original
action of the board which imposed
a $40 fine on Pvt. Earl Garrett, who
accompanied Pvt. Stewart when he
arrested Daniel j. Fitzpatrick, %. at
Wisconsin avenue and M street NV.
on the night of June 4.
Evening star., 1947-09-02
By Thomas 6. Buchonon

The District will have to pay
nearly twice as much for every
charity patient 1t sends to Freed
mems Hospital if rates now being
discussed by the Budget Bureau are
adopted, 1t was learned today.
The proposed new rates for Dis
trict patients would boost the daily
cost to the local government flom
1925 to SIT apiece for general hos
pital care, and from $500 to So In
the tuberculosis ward. according to
a District fiscal ofncial.
Budget Bureau authorities de-
clined to state the proposed figures,
but said, There Is no doubt that
the rates will 60 up this year. Moth
ing has been settled ct the present
time, but they will be considerably
higher"
The higher rates at Freedmen's
may force District authorities to
send q higher proportion Of colored
Evening star., 1947-09-02
Plane Reported Overdue
Located in Pittsburgh

A four passenger plane. sought by
the Civil Aeronautics Administra-
ton since it was reported overdue
yesterday afternoon on fight from
Pittsburgh to Washington, was
found today in repair hangar at
Pittsburgh.
The pilot, Barnett Chaskin, head
of Foreign and Domestic Trade Rep
resentatives, 805 G street NV, said
he completed the trip by commercial
plane after his private plane devel-
oped gear trouble and had to be
landed at the Pittsburgh airport.
MI. Chaskin at the time was re-
turning to Washington from the
Cleveland air races.
CAA officials said they, as well as
the Army Search and Rescue Serv-
ice, were alerted when the Chaskin
plane failed to arrive here and no
official word was received from the
Pittsburgh airport tower that Mr..
Chaskin had completed his flight
plan
Evening star., 1947-09-02
Banks in District Busy
Cashing Leave Bonds
But i! Not N,'1'.I Badly ! Rushed
Steady Lines Of Ex-GIs
Reported at Windows
OF Most institutions

World War II veterans crowd
ed District banks today, taking
the earliest opportunity to cash
their terminal leave bonds.
While banks in general reported 8
sizable volume of business, mos
officials said there was no unex.
pected rush by former servicemer
to get their money.
The Government hopes only those
veterans who are in urgent neec
of cash will turn them in.
In practically all banks here, there
were steady lines at windows cash.
ing, the bonds throughout the day
after the opening here this morn
ing. Average amount of bonds being
cashed was estimated around $3.50
Some Lines Reported.
One or two banks in the outer
sections of the city reported lines
extending halfway down the block
At Liberty National Bank, Fifteenth
and I streets NV, one veteran said
he had been waiting outside since
7::30 am. for the bank to open.
Throughout the Nation almost g.
900, 900 veterans, if they wish, may
cash a total of about $1,000, 900 900
in bonds. In signing the bill to al
low immediate cashing, President
Truman urged those who do not
actually need the money to keep 1t
as a nest egg.
Special Windows at Banks.
Many banks here have designated
special windows to take care of the
bond conversions and have a staff
prepared for the job of identifying
Evening star., 1947-09-02
GreenbeIt Coop Tax Held 800
OfWhut Private Firm Paws

/, the Small Business Committee. The
hearing was part of a general in
quiry into consumer and farmer CO.
operatives.
Mr.. Ballinger said today's findings
followed a study of taxes paid by
the coop by william j. Warmack,
a certified public accountant re-
tanned by the committee.
The report observed:
Whether justified or not, the
ability OF thfs nontax exempt con-
sumner cooperative, under Treas
ury rulings to deduct patronage re-
funds from It's net income beioie
application of the Federal tax On
corporate income, enables it to pay
far less taxes than a privately
owned corporation would have to
pay"
The committee report said the
(see CO-OPERATIvEs, Page A-6J
Evening star., 1947-09-02
Hoover Reported
Saying u. S. Erred
In Entering War
Believes Jops Would
Not Have Attacked
|. Without Proyocotion
by the Asseeiafsd Press

The American Magazine today
quoted former President Herbert
Hoover as saying this country
should have stayed out of World
War II and I'VE never would
have been attacked by the Japa-
nese If we had not given them
provocation."
In an article for the September
issue, Sidney Shalett said the 73-
year-old Republican statesman also
told him Prime Minister Stain of
Russia will make international
agreements with the full knowledge
that they aren't worth a damn If
they do not work out to his ad-
vantage"
Mr.. Shalett wrote that Mr.. Hoover
declared in an interview that 1t
would have been in the best in
terests OF world peace If this country
had held aloof from the recent fight
ing with the explanation:
MY theory is that, If we had kept
out of the immediate conflict, we
could have put our sword down on
the table with our economic re-
sources intact and made a decent
peace when the time for peacemak-
ing came.
IT never believed the British were
In danger of defeat.
when Germany attacked Russia,
1t made British victory possible"
Mr., Shalett said the former Pres
ident does not feel that either Com
munist world domination or another
Evening star., 1947-09-02
AT Least 5 Are Killed
Near Winnipeg When
Two Trains Collide
Wreckoee Is Searched
For Additional Bodies;
Two Coaches Burn
BY the Associated Press

DUGALD, Manitoba, Sept. g.
At least IS persons were killed
last night in a collision of a va
cationers' special train and a
standing passenger express at
the Dugald station, 20 miles east
OF Winnipeg.
Rescue crews clawed through the
burned, twisted wreckage of the two
trains III an effort to extrieate the
dead and injured. The westbound
vacation train smashed head-on
into the express as the latter was
discharging passengers.
Two cars of the special train burst
into fame Immediately after the
collision.
Gaye Lewis. 64, of Transcona,
Manitoba, engineer of the Canadian
National Railways special which was
bringing Labor Day holidayers home
from the Lake of the Woods resort,
and Mrs. Albert Simpson Of Winni-
peg died en- route to hospitals.
Wreckage Searched for Bodies.
How many more bodies might be
buried in the charred wreckage of
the coaches no one knew, but some
of the estimates ran high. All the
victims thus far were said to have
been aboard the special.
The IS injured-all of whom had
been aboard the resort train-Were
taken to the hospital at st. Boni-
face. With a few exceptions the
passengers aboard the transconti-
mental train, bound from Vancouver
to Toronto, escaped with nothing
more than shaking up.
The special was said to have been
travelling at about 30 miles an hour
when it crashed into the standing
express shortly before II pm.
(EST. The second car Of the l3 in
the special burst into flame at once
and fire quickly spread, first to the
other coaches and then to grain
elevator standing beside the track
at this small flag stop. Later 1t
famed over to oil storage tanks
nearby.
Members of the few families
which live in the vicinity of Dugald
said the scene was holocaust when
they arrived. Flames were shooting
so feet in the air. they said, the two
were locked together and the bag
gage car of the transcontinental
train had climbed part way up the
tender.
A steel baggage coach on the spe-
cial remained upright, but behind it
Lc.>.- xIxI3 Ir65IS a 3
Evening star., 1947-09-02
Town Under Quarantine
As Polio Cases Mount
by the Asseeioted Press

LOCK HAVEN, Pa, Sept. "A
stringent, 15-day quarantine was
clamped over this city of 1000
today in a move by the Board of
Health to avert spread of infantile
paralysis.
DR.. T. E. Teah, board president,
announced the quarantine after two
new polio cases were reported over
the week end, raising the total
number OF cases in the area to eight.
Opening of the Lock Haven public
schools, originally scheduled for
today, was postponed under the pro-
visions of the quarantine which
closes all public places to children
under 18 years of age.
Evening star., 1947-09-02
Board Awards
Rail Workers
1523c Increase
incorporating Group
Had Asked zoe Boost
For Million Affected
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Sept. Am Arbi-
tration board today awarded a
wage increase of 1512 cents an
hour, effective yesterday, to
nearly 100000 incorporating
workers on the Nations major
railroads. The men had asked a
boost of 20 cents.
Under an agreement reached by
the unions and the carriers, the
findings of the arbitration board of
six members headed by DR.. William
Leiserson, former chairman of the
National Labor Relations Board, are
binding on the parties.
Third Increase.
The increase was the third award
ed to this classification of railroad
labor in little more than a year. In
1916 they were awarded boost Of
1872 cents an hour.
On April 18, 1916, the non -oper-
ating workers were awarded a boost
of Is cents an hour after carrying
their demands through the machin.
cry set up under the National Rail-
way Labor Act to curb transporta-
ton tie-ups. On May 26 of the same
year they were granted an add.
tional az cents an hour.
Incorporating personnel, amounts
ing to about three-fourths of the
lines total employment, consist Of
clerks, telegraphers, maintenance
men and others not employed di.
rectly in the running of trains.
Long Hearings Held.
The findings were based on hear
ings conducted in Chicago from
August 4 through August %. In ask
ing for the full 20 cents the II
unions of incorporating workers
contended they did not enjoy wage
benefits comparable with persons
doing comparable work in other in
dustries, they had not shared fully
In the Nations expanding pros
perity, and there has been q
measurable increase in their pro-
ductivity.
Witnesses for the railroads con-
tended the workers were paid
equitably, that granting the de-
mands would be financially unsound
and that revenues were not keeping
apace with increased operating costs,
which include payrolls. .
At one session of the hearing, L.
w. Horning Of New York, vice
president of the New York Central
system, estimated 20 per cent in
crease would increase payrolls by
$3.50, 900 900 year.
Evening star., 1947-09-02
Freedmen's Chority Case Cost
To District Nav Be Doubled

charity patients to Gallinger Hos
pital, where the cost for each case
Is only about So a day.
Gallinger already has set aside
an average of 10 per cent of its
beds for colored patients and is
carrying a near capacity load.
The maximum rate for paying
patients at Gallinger Hospital. rep
resenting the estimated daily op-
Grating cost per patient, was set last
year at $7.44. This year. according
to the District auditors Office, 1t has
advanced to $500.
At Freedmen's Hospital, Charles
E. Burbridge, superintendent, said
his staff was preparing q report on
operating costs and the number of
patients accepted by the hospital,
to guide the Budget Bureau.
He said costs of labor, drugs and
other supplies had scared during
the last year. but was unable to
1See FREEDMEN'S, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1947-09-02
Admiral Cochrane Retires;
Will Take Post at NIT

Vice Admiral Edward L. Cochrane,
wartime head of the Navy's Bureau
of Ships, today was placed on the
retired list. He is to become head
of the department of naval archi-
lecture and marine engineering Of
the Massachusetts, Institute Of Tech
nology.
Admiral Cochrane has been chief
of the material division of the Office
Of the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy. Rear Admiral Arthur G.
Miles, vice chief of that division.
succeeds him.
Admiral Cochrane has served In
the Navy for 81 years.
Evening star., 1947-09-02
By Malcolm Lomborne, Jr.

The House Small Business
Committee today reported that
Greenbelt Consumer Services,
Inc, in the last seven years paid
less than 80 per cent of the Fed
eral income and excess profits
taxes it would have paid as a
private corporation.
Even in 1910, with the repeal Of
the excess profits tax, the Green
belt Consumer Services paid less
than half the taxes of a similar pri-
vately owned corporation, report
prepared by Committee Counsel
willis J. Ballinger stated.
The consumer cooperative at the
Government planned community in
nearby Maryland was termed a
monopoly last month after two
day hearing by 3 subcommittee OF
Evening star., 1947-09-02
U. 5. 10 Step Up 0utpu'
In Germany Despite
Russian Objections
Note Rejects Red Protest
At Being Left Out Of
London Conference
By Gornett D. Horner

The United States has told
Russia that it intends to 60 head
regardless of Soviet objections.
with plans to increase produc-
ton in the western zones of Ger
many for the benefit of Europe
as a whole.
This was disclosed today when
the State Department made public
a note delivered to the Soviet En-
bassy here yesterday from Acting
Secretary of State Lovett.
The note fatty rejected Russian
protest over being left out Of Anglo
American French discussions which
resulted last week in announcement
of program raising the level of
industry in the American and Brit
ish zones of Germany to approx
mately the 1886 standard.
The United States Government,
the note declared. "is unable to ac-
cept the thesis that nothing can be
done to alleviate the financial bur-
den of the United States or to de-
velop within the framework of the
Berlin (Potsdam agreement the
contribution of the western zones OF
Germany to the economic recon-
struction of Europe until the con-
sent of the Soviet government has
been obtained.
Russian Failure Cited.
1t blamed Russia for failure to
make effective provisions of the 1945
Potsdam agreement for treating
Germany as a single economic unit,
and added that until this agreement
is fulfilled, "the United States feels
justified in pursuing objectives
which have been commonly agreed
and making arrangements for that
purpose with any other occupying
power willing to work toward the
common end"
Whether Intentional or not, there
appeared to be a diplomatic snub
to Russia in the timing of the Amer
ican note.
The Soviet Embassy here protested
about the London talks on August
1s, insisting that any decisions on
raising German industrial uroduc-
ton could not be taken without
Russian agreement The American
reply, delivered only yesterday, was
dated August 29-the same day the
American-British program for rails
ing the level of industry in their
zones was announced in Berlin.
Text Of Note.
The text of the note to Semen K.
Tsarapkin, charge d'affaires Of the
Soviet Embassy. follows:
Il have received the embassy's
note of August IS. 1947. drawing at
(See GERMANY. Page A-60
Evening star., 1947-09-02
GuayaquiI Garrison
Joins in Rebellion
Against Mancheno
Forces Moving on Capitol
City Of Quito From
Both North and South
by the Assoeiafsd Press
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Sept.

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Sept. 2
The Guayaquil garrison of this
largest Ecuadorean city an
nounced it had joined the revolt
against Col. Carlos Mancheno to-
day, supplementing counterrevo-
lutonary forces moving against
Quito from the north.
Quito. the capital and seconc
largest city, was between two groups
OF counter revolutionary troops
Some were reported moving down
from the towns of Tulcan ano
Ibarra, 80 and 60 miles to the north
of Quito. Those in the south were
at Guayaquil, Ambato and Rio
Bamba, where the revolt against the
Mancheno regime began.
A Quito dispatch said a govern
ment military detachment left the
capital during the night, for deploy-
ment at Cayambe, 80 miles to the
northeast, presumably to defend
Quito against the forces moving
down the main railroad from Tul-
can and Ibarra.
Continuing Battle Reported.
Radio Ambato reported continu-
ing battle in that section and de-
clared counter Revolutionary troops
were pursuing government forces
toward Salcedo, go miles to the
north. Ambato. fourth largest city
in Ecuador, is 10 miles south ot
Quito on the railroad.
The Guayaquil garrison announce
ment said it no longer recognized
Mancheno as the chief of govern
ment,
Capt. Antonio Rivas Hidalgo has
assumed command of the Guayaquil
forces, the garrison announced in
statement.
Guayaquil is Pacific port about
ITO miles south of Quito, the capital
Resistance Declared Easing.
In the region between, govern
mert troops supported by tanks and
artillery were d" reported driving
against anti Mencheno forces.
Col. Mencheno's 9-day-old re-
gime declared insurgent resistance
was easing.
Last night the Ambato radio,
broadcasting the first communique
issued so far by insursent head
quarters, said rebel troops were bat
Evening star., 1947-09-02
House Group in England
For Economic Survey
By the Associoted Pres

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Sept
eighteen members of the Amer
ican House of Representatives Com
mittee on Foreign Aid, headed by
Vice Chairman Herter, Republican,
of Massachusetts,, arrived on the
Queen Mary today for an economic
survey of Europe. 49,,
I'VE are just beginning our stud
ies," Representative Herter said.
"It would be presumptuous for us to
say anything Just now"