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The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-08-06
MEETING CANCELLED

Mrs. Dorothy Esliek, President of Wrangell Women's Civic Club an nounces that regular meeting oi the Civic Club scheduled for to- morrow, has been cancelled. Next meeting will be held September f.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-08-06
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While optimistic over the na- tional outcome. Alaskan RepubIF cans this week suffered a fate dealt setback in their Territorial
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-08-06

Two other possible pulp plants are in the offing for Southeast AL aska - one being pushed by young Ben Mullen. formerly of Juneau, and backed by Belgium capital for the Sitka area and the Thomas Bay project near Petersburg being considered by the DOherty inter ests of California.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-08-06

WANTED - Sitka Spruce Logs, also Cedar Poles. Advise quantities can supply, earliest shipment
 prices fob. shipping point. Nieder- meyer-Martin Co.,. Spalding Build ing, Portland 4, Ore. 32-5tc
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-08-06

FOR SALE - New 26' cruiser; g. beam. accommodates 3. S5 h-p Ford V-S conversion, cruises II knots. See Jim GiIlen 37-tfe
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-08-06

FOR SALE -1 1947 GMC pickup truck. Like new. Bear Totem Store.
 32--tfc
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-10-15

H. L. HoIIodoy Estote
Hereford Sale
THURSDAY, OCTOBER % !.
Great Falls Livestock Commission Co. Yards
Greet Falls. Montana
Sale Storts at ! p. M. Sharp
IS BULLS-18 months old. These bulls ore sired by Reel Calvin
Domino and Advance Domino 10Th. They ore low down, we'll
marked, heavy boned ond have good coIors. We think they are
the best group of bulls we have ever offered for sole.
so HEAD OF SPRING BULLS AND HEIFER CALvEs-Mosto of
these calves ore sired by Real Calvin Domino. and Advance
Domino 10Th and ore from some of our best COWS.
30 HEAD OF COWS-These cows are oil from one of the
registered herds we have had out on contract. They are mostly
young and of good type. Alo are bred toV. R. Royal Domino Both.
We Are Sure You VIII Like This Offering
n. l.. HolIodoy Estote Barney Sparrow.
Owners Auctioneer
Evening star., 1948-11-04
oil Strikers Reiurninu
To Jobs in California
AT Original Offer
By the Assoeiofed Press


SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4.-CIO
oil workers began returning to work
today for wage increases offered
before they struck six major Cali
fornia refining companies two
months ago.
Agreements had not been reached
with all Of the struck oil companies,
but a wage pattern had been set
to end the walkout which caused
gasoline rationing in the West for a
time. Production continued, how
ever, and rationing ended last month.
Shell Oil Co. was first to sign with
the union. Then the union an
nounced peace with Standard Oh
at its El Segundo plant and with
T1dewater Associated at its Watson,
San Jose and Los Angeles produc-
ton and harbor units.
Quick settlements with Texaco,
Richfield and Union Oil Cos. were
expected, although Richheld and
the union have not resumed nego-
tiations.
About $1,000 workers walked out.
The Shell pattern-setting pact
granted the companies pre-strike
offer OF . 12h-cent boost over the
hourly wage scale of $l.68, retro
active to July 8. The union had
asked 81 cents.
It also reserved for the company
the decision on rehiring strikers
accused Of violence-subject to re-
view by a union-management COM
mittee-withdrawal Of all damage
suits and retention of jobs by non
strikers promoted during the strike.
Evening star., 1948-11-04
An autopsy disclosed the girl had

An autopsy disclosed the girl had
been raped.
johnson, an Eau Claire roofer,
pleaded not guilty to the two
charges. His preliminary examina-
ton was set for November II.
johnson was returned yesterday
from Seattle, Wash, where he had
been arrested at the request of
Wisconsin authorities.
Sheriff Thompson said johnson
admitted In his statement that he
shot the young couple when he en-
countered them as he returned from
a hunting trip. He shot Mr.. Smith,
who was a bank clerk, during a
scuffle, and then shot Miss Bau-
mann.
Sheriff Thompson said johnson
had promised to take officers to
pool where he said he had thrown
his gun.
Evening star., 1948-11-04
Ten 10 Face Grand Jury
AGAIN in Probe Of Reds
BY the Assoeioisd Press


LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4.-Ten re-
luctant witnesses have new dates
with q Federal grand jury investi-
eating Communist activities.
The 10 refused to answer certain
questions last week, were cited for
contempt of court by Federal Judge
Peirson M. Hall and ordered to Jail
October 26.
Eight were jailed until released on
$500 bail each yesterday, pending
determination Of their appeal in the
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals at
San Francisco. Two women had
remained at liberty while arranging
for care of their children.
OF the 10, six men were sub
poenaed to appear before the grand
jury again today. The four women
were ordered to appear November 10.
Evening star., 1948-11-04
Roosevelt Housekeeper
To Autograph Books

Mrs. Henrietta Nesbitt, house.
keeper Of the late President Roose-
welt, will autograph copies of her
book, white House Diary" from 4
to 5 and to 8 pm. tomorrow at q
Book Fair at the Rockville Public
Library.
Miss Mary McBurney Green, of
Rockville, author of children's books,
also will autograph her latest book.
The fair will be open from / to 10
n m
Evening star., 1948-11-04
|Ex-Convict Arraigned
lin Wisconsin KILLINGS
BY the Associated Press

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Nov. A.
Marshall Johnson, a 32-year-old
ex-convict, was held without bond
after his arraignment last night
on two charges of first-degree mur-
der In the Staying Of a teen-age
couple october %.
Sheriff Lloyd Thompson said be-
fore Johnson's arrignment that
Johnson had signed a statement
admitting he shot Raymond Smith,
18. and Gertrude Baumann, II.
Their bullet-ridden bodies were
found october "a on a golf course.
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
STRIKE ACT
PASSED IN FIT OF
hYSIERlA

Misunderstanding Greek gov
eminent was apparently seized by a
fit OF hysteria in pushing through its
December s law which outlaws strikes
and provides severe penalties up to
death for strike leaders, the CLIO News
said December % in an editorial
article.
Director Michael Ross of the CLIO
international affairs department, it
said, has received information which
gives some additional light on events
that led to the strikebreaking law"
The CLIO weekly said the Greek gov
eminent was thrown into a state of
panic" late in the fall when the public
utility union threatened a strike for
higher wages just as general strikes
were taking place in Italy and France.
After ramming through the vicious
anti-strike law, the paper said, the
Greek government, stung by well
merited protests against this use of
brute force in handling disputes over
workers income, fastened to an.
nounce that the law is limited to
emergencies which jeopardize the ma.
tiOnal interest.
but this is obviously a face-saving
device which scarcely will undo the
damage caused by repressive legis.
lation."
The CLIO News emphasized that
labor unions the world over will pro.
test the repressive law, and that such
Legislation will never help develop a
responsible labor movement in Greece
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
HOME OWNERS FACE
BANK LOAN SQUEEZE

More American homes are mort
gagged today than in 1880, the year fol-
lowing the stock market crash that
ushered in the great depression.
The total mortgages on more than
1000, 600 homes approximate the colos-
sal sum Of eight billion dollars. Never
before have American homes been in
hook to that extent, not ven in the
days Of hunger marches, unemplOy-
ment riots, sour kitchens and whole
sale misery.
II the owners of the mOrtgaged
homes had secure incomes. this would
not be a dangerous situation. But
they have not. Most of them bought
their homes at prices they could not
afford to pay. AS prices continue to
rise, the burden of excessive payments
becomes too heavy to bear.
Thousands will default on their pay.
ments and then the banks. the insur-
ance companies and the real estate in
~terests will laugh and seize the prop
erty.
That's free enterprise, as engineer
ed by the financial interests.
W. will hear a lot of sweet sermons
from these f~inanciers on the necessity
for frugality and the sin Of living be
yond ones means. They will say that
the seizure OF homes is the result Of
improvidence by the purchasers. They
paid too much for their property.
And why did they pay too much =?
Because they had to. The banks. the
insurance companies and the real es-
tate interests c~onspired against them.
These interests calculatingly created
the present housing shortage for their
own profit. They fought every move
for federal housing projects. They
opposed every effort to control the
cost OF building materials.
They wanted to continue and inten-
sify the hardships suffered by millions
OF families. And they succeeded,
thanks to a servile and evil congress.
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
Surplus No Reason for
Tax Reduction Says
President

Washington-FP-A Treasury sur
plus OF 81 billion still does not justify
a tax reduction, President Truman
told newsmen December Is. The sub
ject was brought up after Rep. Harold
Knutson (R., Mimi had introduced
a new tax slash measure in the house.
The President would not say wheth-
er he would oppose a cut In federal
taxes in 194S, adding that he would
make his views known ON that score
early in January when he sends his
annual message to congress on the
state Of the union.
Knutson's bill calls for income tax
cuts which would knock $3.50 billion
from annual federal revenue, provid-
ed earnings remain at the same dollar
volume, with steady employment.
Treasury experts estimate a 81 billion
surplus will be on hand in March 1948
and possibly the same amount by the
end Of the fiscal year June 80.
Truman in his midyear budget e.
view Of last August however had cal.
culated that the fiscal year would end
with a surplus Of only SAT billion.
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01

The consequence is that the country
needs some 10000, 900 new homes. BY
delaying construction and creating a
scarcity. prices were kept up and
homeless people forced to bid against
each other.
And what does the successful bidder
get? A house at q price he can't
afford to pay and that he will soon
lose as initiation spirals higher and
higher.
What will the banks and insurance
companies and real estate interests do
with all these houses when they fore
close the mortgages? They plan to
sell them again and foreclosc them
again under the same old racket.
When these families lose their
homes we predict that unpleasant
things will be happening In this coun-
try. We may have a different kind
OF a congress, elected by voters who
have HAD ENOUGH Of organized
grand larcency by the financiers.
BY that time we may be confiscating
the property of the financiers.
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
GREEN ENDORSES MARCH OF DIMES DRIVE, URGES
AL SUPPORT OF APPEAL FOR FUNDS

Of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Birthday Memorial Committee.
In his letter urging support for the
funds appeal, Mr.. Green emphasized
that contributions made by working
men and m will help care for the
victims of infantile paralysis in homes
of other members Of the trade union
movement. He added.
II commend this worthy cause to
your favorable consideration and urge
that all organizations affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor, as
we'll as the individual members Of the
American Federation of Labor, con
tribute in as large a way as possible
to the appeal for funds for the Ma
tional Foundation for lnfantile Paral-
ysis, Inc, which is being made by the
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Birthday
Memorial Committee
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01

papers and SeVeral Otnef pubN->
cations. Testifying for the
union were ITU Pres. Wood
ruff Randolph and ITU Local
16 Pres. John j. Pilch. John
O'Keefe represented the Chi
cago Publishers Assn.
Rep. Thomas l.. Owens. anti-labor
Republican from Chicago's eth dis
trict. opened the hearing by claiming
the Taft-Hartley law was not in
tended for respectable unions like the
ITU.'
1T appears TO have been tailored
for us" Randolph shot back. 1T con-
tains the very clauses that-if put into
effect-will undoubtedly destroy this
organization"
Taking the offensive by hitting at
the slave labor law. Randolph quoted
an official Of the Printing Industry of
America. the commercial printing en-
ployers group. as Boosting that eight
OF 10 points which it had recon-
monded to congress had been incor-
porated into the Taft-Hariley law.
tIn New York December % the PIA
filed unfair labor practices charges
with the NLRB against ITU locals in
Newark, n. j.. and st. Louis. 1t had
previously filed charges against the
ITU in New York. Detroit, Chicago
and Pittsburgh. The moves were in
preparation for expiration December
81 Of contracts covering 10000 lTU
members in magazine. book and job
printing shops in &c c%ities.)
The NLRB and its general counsel,
Robert N. Denham, also felt the lash
OF R~andolph's rapid-fire attack. Den
ham has lent himself to the union
destroying proposals Of the newspaper
publishers Randolph commended.
I'VE believe he is an enemy Of or
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
RENT ExPEDITER STOPS
SOME IJAcklue OF
TENANTS

Notwithstanding office of the
Housing E%xpediter has been acting as
somewhat OF a check on landlord prof
iteering during the present critical
housing shortage, figures released by
Acting Expediter Tighe f. Woods in
dictate.
AS of December IS, Woods had re-
ceived recommendations for contin-
ued controls from 1877 local rent ad-
visory committees set up under the
weak 1947 Wolcott rem law. OF 20
recommendations from these bodies
for complete area decontrol, on which
the expediter's office has acted, IL
have been approved and eight turned
down. The area advisory bodies, ap-
pointed by state governors, are in
most cases weighted favorably for
real estate interests and landlords
and have sparse labor representation.
or six rent board recommendations
for increase in the area rent level.
Woods said only two have been APP
proved and four disapproyed. Among
the area boosts okayed was that in
Louisville, Ky, when Frank r. Cree
don was e~xpediter. 1t was followed
by a storm Of criticism, with Creedon
resigning to take a lucrative post in
private industry and Woods taking
over his job temporarily.
Recently nominated by Pres. Tru-
mar to head the office, with its power
to approve or dismiss area rem board
recommendations, Woods will be cross
examined by the Senate banking com
mittee when it meets in January. The
nomination must be cleared by the en-.
tire Senate.
Woods has made it plain that a rent
ceiling boost or area decontrol must
be clearly justified before it will be
okayed, and he has called for public
hearings as the best means before it
will be okayed, and he has called for
public hearings as the best means of
sounding out local sentiment and
bringing out facts.
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01

ganized labor and a particularly VI
cious enemy Of the 1TU.'
Earlier, Pilch attacked the law with
equal yigor. Commenting on the
TITUS offer to sign a contract con-
tanning a G0-day cancellation clause,
Owens pointed out: You didn't have
that clause in previous contracts
No Pilch rejoined quickly, land
We didn't have the Taft-Hartley law
either"
Picking up the publishers claim
that wage are not at issue in the
Chicago strike, but only the TITUS re-
fusal to sign a contract including a
closed shop ban. committee member
Charles J. Kersten Or, Wis., asked:
IF you satisfactorily come to an
agreement on wages, would there be
and other differences to concentrating
AZ agreement
III we get our wage demands Pilch
said adroitly. I'VE will sign any agree
ment we can agree on"
NtiSttb oINhtu tiS way liz
sharpest attack on the law by Pilch
when he demanded: SIS there any
portion of the new law that has inter-
lfered in negotiations this time as com
pared with the past?"
Yes" Pilch said, lit prevents us
from functioning as we have for IS
years. 1t prevents us from reaching
an agreement with the publishers to
hire only members of Il union.
I'VE believe we have the right to
live. and that one member should not
be forced to produce substandard
work when another member Is out on
strike. | don't believe the law should
force men to go against men who
are striking to get a decent liveli-
hood"
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01

Washington-AFL President Will
liam Green endorsed the coming an
nual drive for funds to be launched
by the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis.
Commenting upon the ~well-known
March Of Dimes campaign. Mr.. Green
in a letter to all unions and state fed
erations Of labor affiliated with the
AFL, said the working men and
women of the nation are conscious Of
the fact hat this is a most worthy
cause and is deserving of the support
OF all classes Of people,"
The March of Dimes drive for 1913
will get under way on January Is and
end on January 30, the birthday Of
tho founder of the Foundation, the
late President Franklin d. Roosevelt.
The campaign is under the direction
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
HOW BRITAIN after Nine YEARS OF AuSTERlTY
LOOKS TO A VISITOR IN the WINTER

visitor who expects to remain over %
days is obtaining a temporary food
ration book which enables him to buy
the same amount Of rationed foods
as the ordinary resident. CA visitor
staying less than a month needs no
ration book. II a visitor possessing
a ration book stays more than two
nights in a hotel, he gives the book to
the hotel, and since he expects to eat
in the hotel or other public restau-
rants, he is not faced with the prob
lens Of the housewife in procuring
supplies. In this regard the visitor
can scarcely understand the plight of
the British public who eat at home on
the ration allowance.
Hotels and restaurants, however.
are also limited in the amounts Of sup
plies they may purchase, and these
quantities were reduced in Septem-
Der. The visitor soon finds that even
here he is not to be fed according to
the pre-war standards Of British hotels.
nevertheless, lie Is quite eQudt
served, and, unless he is used to alb
normal amounts, will discover that he
can manage very well in dining out.
Meals are legally confined to three
courses, a typical dinner consisting OF
soup, meat Tor, more likely, fish
potatoes, a vegetable, and dessert.
Bread may be served only if one of
the aforementioned courses is omit
ted. The maximum controlled price OF
dinner is 5s (S1), and coffee is extra
at a nominal cost. A cover charge is
required by certain eating places, but
in general, dinner may be had for the
standard price of S., or less.
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01

in the first half of 1915 to be as high
or higher than in l941.
Almost non expect to lower their
prices during the first half, and more
than a third expect to increase them.
Realistically. the executives expect
their continued ride on the profit
ewscalator to bring more labor I'M
rest in 194S.
Profits of industry have reached
such a high point that Pres. Charles
f. Wilson of General Electric public
ly admitted December q that his firm
and business in general can afford to
roll back prices. But he quickly
warned the public not to expect such
action, declaring: "Such a step cannot
even be contemplated until the fed
eral price control stand is clarified
and the labor situation resolved"
Covering PAT leading companies, the
Times survey showed their net profits
for the first nine months Of 1947 at
s. .S07, 372.339. an 500 increase over
1916 returns Of 1856 ,056 $3.50.
The Times reported profits would
have been ever higher had it not
been for increasing wages and operat-
ing costs and a competitive market
! CLabor's average weekly earnings, in
Guiding overtime pay, went up about
1900 in the first nine months of 1947
compared to the 1916 period.)
A breakdown of industry profits
showed the following gains:
Ten leading steel producers scored
a $3.50 advance, hauling in $246,2O4,516
in the 1947 period compared to $780,
$50. POS the year before.
Seventeen petroleum companies
gained 500 to $27S,3S9,535 from STA
20S,G32 in 1916.
Three newsprint firms more than
doubled their profits, going from $685.
1912 in 1916 to s51 ,356,97S.
Eight mining companies had an 500
profit jump, S73,035,16S in 1947 con-
trasted to S4O.352,S23 the year before.
Nine railroad equipment companies
showed a 1920 gain. 1917 profits
We're S20.064, 305 compared to S14,069,-
6S1.
Seventeen chemical firms jumped
to $20S. 503,320 from S1G9,1SS,S24, a
23cs boost.
Six electrical appliance companies
showed a 1870 increase. going from
s13,015,635 in 1916 to s22,527,039 in
1917.
Eight food companies chalked up a
24eo increase, from S36,S69,350 in 1916
to $45,S 1923 in 1947.
Eight heating and plumbing com
panies showed the highest gains in
the construction field, with a 1909
leap from $9,04S,G96 in 1916 to $685.
292, 306 in 1947.
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01

How does Britain look to a visitor
in this ninth winter Of deprivation,
when food rationing has become
more severe and clothing and fuel
limitations increasingly difficult to
face?
The firset thing that strikes the
traveller newly arrived in Britain
from America is the speed of the ped
estrians. This is especially apparent
in London, where the crowds on the
street move along more briskly than
in New York. Most people climb the
escalators instead OF standing still;
the bus and trolley-riding public hop
nimbly aboard the vehicles, which stop
very briefly to take OF passengers.
Even the London taxi-cabs, old as
most of them are, make their way
rapidly about the city.
II the Londoner is surprisingly spry
in his movements, he is not so smart
in appearance as he once was. His
clothing coupon allowance of twenty
in five months permits him to buy, for
instance, an overcoat, two handker-
chiefs. and two collars, and his wife's
will allow her a wooden dress and
three pairs of hose in the same period.
Because a mans suit costs twenty-six
coupons and a woman's eighteen, and
all clothes save hats require coupons,
most people must be content with
clothes at least several years old, and
the new look" has scarcely appeared
on the streets. Girls and women
sometimes 60 without hose, even in
cold weather, and shoes are usually
bought for long wearing qualities rath-
er than high fashion.
One Of the first detectives of the
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

No. 1901
Estate of WILLIAM MCDONALD,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, administrator Of the estate OF
William Macdonald. deceased, to the
creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased. to
exhibit them. with the necessary
vouchers. within four months after the
first publication OF this notice to the
said administrator at the law offices
OF John X. Claxton. 400 Silver Bow
Block. 20 West Granite Street. in the
city Of Butte. Montana, the same being
the place for the transaction OF the
business Of said estate, In the County
OF Silver Bow. State OF Montana;
JOHN X. CLAYTON, Administrator
Of the Estate OF william Macdonald,
Deceased.
Dated Butte, Montana. this gard day or
December. l347.
JOHN X. CLAYTON. Butte, Montana
Attorney for Estate.
First publication Jan. l, l94S
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01
Labor Department
Employees Confirmed

Observation-Disclosures appoint
ments Of David A. Morse to be Under
Secretary OF Labor, John T. Kmetz to
be Assistant Secretary of Labor, and
Cyrus S. Ching to be Director of the
Federal Mediation and Cancellation
Service have been confirmed by the
United States Senate.
All three nominations had been un-
animously approved by the Senate
Labor and Public Welfare Commit
tee after a brief hearing.
Montana labor news., 1948-01-01

manufacturers whose S277,-'
746,869 profit grab in the first
nine months of this past year
contrasted with S26,073,OOO
for the same 1916 period.
Full extent Of industry profits, re-
ported in a New York Times survey
December 81. proved even more tire
mendous than had been predicted by
spokesman for unions seeking wage
increases to help offset the dizzy
climb in living costs.
Evidence that industry would not be
content even with these financial his
tory-making profits came from a year
end Fortune magazine survey of u.s.
200 top business executives. The poll
showed that $50 expect their profits