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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
WARFARE IN HOLY LAND
 EXTENSIVE
Arabs Drown in Opening of Dam-TeI Aviy Bomb
 ed for Fourth Day
CBy The Associated Press)

Jews said the old walled city ot Acre surrendered internationally today after 72-hour street battle. Haganah, the army of Israel, had claimed 4,000 Arabs were trapped in the Northern Palestine town, just over the boundary from the new Jewish State.
 The Jews claimed also to have drowned 500 Arats, including troops from armored columns, by opening dam just south of Galilee.
 Light bombers attacked Tel Ayiv for the fourth day running. The 45-minute raid was the longest yet, and more bombs fell than before. The Arabs said numerous fires were started there yesterday.
 A Beirut broadcast said Egyptian and Trans-Jordan troops had made a juncture at Lydda, 20 miles south- east of Tel Aviv. A few Saudi Ara bian soldiers were said to have join- ed the Egyptians. Other successes were claimed by the Arabs in north and south Palestine, on the ground and aloft.
 Haganah, the Jewish Army, said the Arabs had started a maSsed at tack on the Jewish quarter of the old walled City of Jerusalem. British sources said the Arabs captured Barclays Bank and Darouti's Hotel in the old walled city. The situation in Jerusalem was confused by lack of communication. Egypt declared what amounted to blockade on Isi dli.
 tAfoscow) -R Russia recognized Israel The United States and Gua- tamala had done that earlier Russia also agreed with the United States that the United Nations should stop the war in Palestine It was the first accord there be- tween the worlds two greatest powers since fall
 The unanswered question is how the U. N can halt the strife.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
ANOTHER WALk0UT
 LOOMING
General Motors Employees May Strike-0ther
 Labor News
CBy The Associated Press)

A second major strike loomed in the auto industry as government concilators renewed efforts to set tie the CIO meat walkout today. Meanwhile, as new contract talks got under way in the nations soft coal industry, a Federal civil con- tempt conviction against John L. Lewis was dissolved.
 The CIO United Auto Workers served 10 days notice on the Michigan State Labor Mediation Board that a strike lis pending for 225,o00 General Motors em- ployees. The union already has 75 900 Chrysler employees out in support of higher pay demands. In the strike of 100000 packing house workers, new peace move
 ran into difficulty The union re- jected a plan by Swift and Co to end the walkouts, and renewed talks broke off last night. However, |conciliators met today with Armour and Co. to see if new settlement proposals could be worked out. After lifting the civil contempt
 conviction against Lewis, Federal
 Judge T. Alan Goldsborough took
 under adyisement a government motion to end the courts anti strike order against Lewis and the Union.
 Other major developments in- cluded:
 Coal-John L. Lewis and the soft coal operators began outlining their stands in their annual con- tract battle. They were in Wash
 ington to bargain on an agreement
 replacing their contract which ex-
 pires June 30.
 Lewis United Mine Workers are
 prepared to talk about II issues,
 including wages. Hard coal con-
 tract talks were postponed until May 27 in Philadelphia.
 Railroad Railroad labor and
 management spokesmen resumed
 negotiations in Washington. They
 are trying to settle the wage dis
 pute that nearly tied up the na-
 tion's transportation system a week
 ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
Canadian Fish in
 Territorial Ports

WASHINGTON, May Is. - tR = A bill to permit Canadian vessels to land fish at Alaskan ports was approved today by the House. It now goes to the Senate.
 The House also passed and sent to the Senate a bill to authorize the Army to transfer to the Territorial government for use as hospital ship the Army vessel Hygiene, based at Juneau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Aleutian. from Seattle, due at 4 pm. today.
 Freighter Glove Hitch, from &c., attle. due Thursday afternoon.
 Freighter Square Sinnet, from Seattle, due Friday or Saturday. Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle Thursday.
 Northern Voyager scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday.
 Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
,000-p0UND CATCH LANDED, GOLD STORAGE

Five halibuters brought fish in- to Juneau Cold Storage yesterday totaling about 65,000 pounds, which went at approximately 148 for medium, eight for chix, and 14.5 a pound for large.
 Largest of the five catches was Twedt on the Valiant. The 31C45O, skippered by Felix Stuck. came in with l3,500 pounds and the Clarwood, Eli Hamlon, was in with slightly less at 12.o0O pounds. The Evolution, skippered by Jimmy Marks, and the Rosario, were in with 5000 and 5000 pounds respec- lively.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
CONNIE ATTACK
 E REFUSED IN
 pEIpING CHARGE
By SPENCER MoOsA

PEIPING, May 18-tR-An es- timated 2.000 Communist troops were repulsed today in an ettempt to storm a suburb of Peiping.
 The short-lived attack caused a furry of excitement in this North China City. Frequently Peiping has been harassed on the outskirst by Communist raids.
 Well-armed, steel-helmeted gov- ernment troops were ready for the attackers, however, and drove them off. The action occurred about IA miles northwest of Peiping proper
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
STO(s auOTATI0Ns

NEW YORK, May l8.--tR-clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 4, American Can 88ls, Anaconda 38i2. Curtiss- Wright 71z, International Harvest CT 99ia. Kennecott 561s, New York Central 167s, Northern Pacific 257s, U. s. Steel 79ss, Pound S4.03A.
 Sales today were 2.480,000 shares
 Averages today are as follows industrials l88.54, rails 61.25 util- ities 3556.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
AL ANDERS0M, FAMILY
 ARRIVE FROM SOUTH

MT. and Mrs. Al Anderson, son Steven, and their new daughter Carol Jean arrived in Juneau Sun day via Pan American world Air ways, from Seattle.
 MT. Anderson, Executive Secre- tary of the Alaska Miners Associa- ton. is stoping here a few days on business before proceeding to Fair banks.
 Mrs. Anderson, Steven and Carol Jean will stay in Juneau for a while to visit with Mrs. Helen Webster. Mrs. Anderson is the former Mildred Webster, daughter of Mrs. Webster.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
tCopyright 194s, by The Bell Syndicate.
 Incl

VASHINGTON-Secretary of De- fense James Forrestal and Secre- tary of the Army Kenneth Royal had a secret session with the Sen- ate Armed Services Committee the other day at which Royal stat ed that he would resign before or dering segregation abolished in the Army.
 This significant incident took place after Southern Senators mutt inied against the draft bill and demanded a guarantee that white inductees would not be forced to serve with Negroes.
 Immediately a four-bell alarm was put through to Secretary o1 Defense Forrestal. He hurried ur to Capitol Hill, bringing with him as a reinforcement Secretary Roy all, native of North Carolina.
 Forrestal explained to Senators that any amendment protecting t.e right of an inductee to serve ex- clusively with members of his own race would be unavoidable from an administrative point ot view.'
 Senator Russell of Georgia, how ever, brushed this aside. Picking up a copy of the Presidents civil rights message. Russell read:
 During the recent war and in the years since it's close we have made much progress toward equal ity of opportunity in our armed services without regard to race color, religion or national origin I (Truman) have instructed the Secretary of Defense to take steps to have the remaining instances of discrimination in the armed ser-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
pR0p0SAL OF w ALL ACE IS RECOGNIZED
Government Officials Make No Comment-Be-
 Iieved Propaganda
By EDDIE GILMORE

MOSCOW. May l8.--tR--Prime Minister Stalin says Russia is will- ing, of the United States is. to ac- cept Henry A. Wallace's recent "open letter" to him as the foun- dation for peaceful settlement of Soviet American uuarrels.
 Tn a statement dated yesterday and released by the Soviet Press department last night, Stalin re- piled to proposals made by Wallace at political rally in New York week ago.
 T do not know Stalin said, in his first public pronouncement ill mere than month. whether the United States government approv- les of MT. Wallace's program as a basis for agreement between the U.S.S.R. and the United States.
 "As far as the government of the U.S.SR. is concerned, it con- siders that MT. Wallace's program should serve as good and fruitful basis for such an agreement and for the development of internation- al cooperation
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
Hail Storm Hiis l Farming See!ion

LANCASTER, Pa, May l8.-lR-- Old Man Winter took curtain call in this farming region yes terday
 A freak storm dumped tons of hail stones, ranging in size from that of peas to small cherries, in several sections of rural Lancaster county.
 While their fathers were bemoan- ing the damage to crops. many children got out their sleds and enjoyed a bit of sledding.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
WESTERN LEAGUE

Games in the Western Interna- tional League last night resulted as follows:
 Spokane B. Salem '.
 Vancouver g. Victoria 1. Wenatchee l2; Yakima T. (Only games scheduled)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
O'REILLYs IN TOWN

Royal and Eleanor O'Reilly, pro- prietors of Taku Lodge, arrived here last night and will spend a couple of days in Juneau on busi- ness. They announced that the Lodge is now ready for business and can accommodate guests in advance of the official opening scheduled for May 31.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
MARGULES ON ALEUTIAN

Leo Margules, one of the best known pioneers to the westward, is passenger westbound on the Aleutian. This is his first trip north in many years. He is going to Seward where he was formerly in business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
INTENTIONS TO WE'D

Three couples applied late yester- day to U. s. Commissioner Felix Gray for marriage licenses, as fol- lows.
 finders Jackson Raatikainen, Pel- ican City boat captain, and Der tha Hewitt Prestwood, Juneau stenographer. James Goenett Jr., sawmill work CT, and Rachel Dick, both of Ju- neau.
 Tommie J. Jimmie, fisherman and Rachel J. Johnson, cannery worker both of Juneau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
SEATTLE VISITORS

MT. and Mrs. L. H. Husser, Art Eastman, A. B. Tisdale. L.F. St. Germain, Paul B. Stout and son. A. T. Rogers and c. Brewster, all from Seattle, are staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18

tn Washington, the White House and the State Department with held official comment)
 tWallace said Ill San Francico he. was very much surprised that Stalin had answered him. but add ed: If I have done anything that moved the world toward peace, l ffeel that my campaign will have been a success."l
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
HERE FROM PELICAN

Mrs. L. O. Jacobsen frcm Peli- can is visiting in Juneau and staying at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
IN FROM sITKA

MT and Mrs. Youppi and Ly- man Ellsworth. from Sitka. are staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18

SITKA, Alaska, May 18-Threai of a bolt was hurled on the floor of the Territorial Republican con vention here today when R. E. Rob ertson of Juneau objected to the ruling out of proxies of Republicans which he had gathered from Alas ka Divisions.
 The fight started on adoption of organization prodcedure but after Ia verbal skirmish, the anti-White forces were defeated 55 to 23
 Elton Engstrom of Juneau was elected Chairman of the convention Jack Carroll of Juneau, Sergeant Iat-Arms. and J. c, Morris of Ancho. rage as Parliamentarian
 Committees will go into action this afternoon and reports will be heard this evening and tomorrow
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18

Lake Erie averages only 58 feet deep and because of it's shallowness is unusually subject to sudden
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
cop MEET AZ SIT K A
 UNDER WAY
Threat of Bolt Hurled or Floor : Engstrom Is
 EIected Chairman

BULLETIN--Sitka, Alaska, May l8.-At the convention, resum- ing at 2 o'clock this afternoon, the Anti-White Republicans left the convention to meet in an- other hall. Approximately half of the delegates walked out, ac- cording 10 William L. Paul, ST. of Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18
GUsTAyUs RESIDENT HERE

J. E. Daigle from Gustavus is staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-18

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Evening star., 1948-04-22

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Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
ond Time of Showing

Ambassador-"Ba Ruth Story;
lis, 800, 5:25, 7:30 and $40 pm.
Capitol-"A Date With judy:
1890 am, 1:20, Ais, 7:05 and 10
pm. Stage shows: 1910, $3.50, 6:25
and 9:15 pm.
Columbia-"Four Feathers; 10:45
an, 2:25, Cos and GAS pm.
-"Shakuntala" ITO, 2:40
4:O5, $50, 7, 1925 and 9:55 pm.
Hippodrome 1.-THE October
Man; 2:15, 4:o5, $50, TAO and
$50 pm.
Keith's-"Mr. Blandings Builds
His Dream House; 11:4o am, lao,
$40, $40, TAO and $40 pm.
History Is Made at
Night; 1870 am, lao, $40, $40
TAO and $40 pm.
Metropolitan-"Em Enforceable YOU;
11:40 am, lao, 3:45. 5;45, 7:50 and
1855 pm. ~,
Palace - THE, Paradine Case;
1920 am, 1855, 4:30, 7:05 and 9:40
pm.
|, Pix-"She Devil Island; 8, $50
t8 and 1920 pm.
THE PEARL; lilo
am, /, 2:45, 4;30, $40, BIOS and
9:55 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts;
continuous from 1915 am.
Warner-"Babe Ruth Story; II
am, lis, 800, 5:25, 1885 and 9:4s
| Dm
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that it must strike sports realists
as incredible. That, unhappily, is
the fundamental defect of 1.-THE
Babe Ruth Story" on the screen. 9.
X X X X
AS the beloved swashbuckler of
swat, BendiX is more believable
when be puts on Ruth's old civilian
clothes, the famous cap and belted
camels hair coat. In this phase
of life, he cuts q better figure as
the shy sutton, the pal of Gotham's
kid population, the playboy who
tortures Manager Miller Higgins
with his misconduct, the simple soul
who makes bad jokes and then
laughs his large satisfied laugh over
his wit. Naturally, Bendix is far
more at home in this sort of mimi
cry of the old monarch and the
picture is considerably better in
these sequences.
Sports lovers jealous of their
knowledge of the record book facts
of Ruths great career may find
themselves annoyed at some of the
liberties taken with this aspect of
his life. But they will not be as
irked by these departures as by
some of the highly hoked up dra-
matte tricks employed by Director
Del Ruth.
There is one, for instance, when
the young Ruth throws a curve
through a broken pane OF glass
without charging the existing hole.
1t is things like this which make
old Ruth admirers think that what
he actually did was not quite good
enough for the movies.
Actually, 1t is quite the other way
| around.
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Ruth's Life Story on Screen
Is a Ruthless Sort of Fable
By Jay Carmody

Monogram Pictures heart surely the right when it
made The Ruth
against the left field fence
Here is hero whose deeds
American idol whose life story printed
readable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13

Monogram. It's picture comes up
with quite a different man than
the Ruth everyone else knew.
The title figure in the screenplay
at the Warner Theater is one who
combines the qualities of Berna-
dette and Paul Bunyan. His prin-
cipal resemblance to the home run
king Is that he wears a uniform
with Yankees spelled out across
the chest. Crippled children are
healed at the sight of this paragon
and his feats of strength and skill
are so overwhelming that audiences
are amused instead of inspired to
awe as Ruth inspired them.
All this represents considerably
less than justice to an idol who
earned affection and respect his
own way, and which also could
have been Monogram's way. 1t is
the supreme irony of THE Babe
Ruth Story" that even its death
bed scenes are so dripping with
hokum that audiences reject them.
This is not the way idols die.
Blame for all this is not 10 be
placed upon the sloping shoulders
of huge William Bendix in the title
role Bendix, who looks as if he
might make a grade school team
as an utility outfelder, has small
chance against the script which
Roy Del Ruth directed The same
is true of such other normally
capable performers as Claire Ire
vor, Charles Bickford, Sam Lee
vene, etc.
X
1.-The Babe Ruth Story" which
a boy audience greeted with a roar
OF welcome yesterday morning, is
a sticky rewrite of Bob Considine's
biography of the home run king. 1t
follows a vague outline of Ruth's
career from his fathers saloon in
Baltimore, through the crescendo
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Of his 729 big league home runs, to
his illness in Memorial Hospital in
New York.
There is vast amount of highly
charged dramatic material in
Ruth's life. His athletic prowess
representing miracle of CO.
ordination was one element and
another was his Horatio Alger rise
to fame. Still others were the
recklessness with which he lived
and the way he squandered a for
tune, his devotion to children and
animals, and his blind love for
baseball
Instead of allowing these things
to speak for Ruth, Monogram tor
lures them into fable whose style
died with Frank Merriwell, and his
brother Dick. A couple of realistic,
bacco-chewing ballplayers as tech
nical advisers might have kept this
screen Ruth the spectacularly real
character he was in yesterdays
headlines.
In impersonating the great Babe,
Bendix surely should be awarded
some kind of jeweled plaque as the
bravest actor of the year Like all
great athletes, Ruth was unique.
No one who ever saw him could for
get the differences between him and
all other players. Bendix's efforts
to mimic the Babes private style
of hitting a ball out Of the park is
praiseworthy thing, but it just
does not come off. He bats like an
actor named Bill Bendix. And. in
the early sequences of the film
when he apes Ruth, the brilliant
pitcher, looks like candidate for
the girls softball team.
There is nothing for this but
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u. S. to Seize Peaches

BALTIMORE, Aug. Is P). The
Government has started proceed
ings in Federal Court to seize 7,20t
cans OF peaches shipped by the
Buckingham Farmers Coop, Inc.
Of Dillwyn, Va, and alleged they
were adulterated and unit for
human consumption.
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By Harry Macarthur

At the risk of facing all sorts oil
accusations about softening of the
brain, we're forced to admit that
the sight of Wallace Berry dancing
the runba in "a Date with Judy
struck us as pretty funny yester-
day afternoon. Whether you will
find this playfully elephantine spec
tacle worth the price you must pay
in the new Capitol film, however,
depends lot on your tolerance for
several brands of foolishness.
To get to Mr.. Berry and his rum
ba, you have to wade through a
great deal of that adolescent dim
wittishness that is high tragedy to
the adolescents involved and either
funny or painful to onlookers. The
characters of "A Date with Judy"
seem to have been borrowed from a
radio serial of the same name, if
you want a hint as to the general
tone of the comedy involved. 1t
amt Noel Coward, brother.
There is enough puppy love
around the premises that the script
probably had to be okayed by the
SPCA as we'll as the Johnston
Office. 1t mainly involves Judy, age
Is, who spats throughout with boy
named Oogie and feels spasmodic
attacks of the grand passion for a
young jerk (soda) named Stephen,
Oogie's sister Carol likes Stephen,
too, but he hurts her feelings by
telling her she is the most beautiful
girl in Santa Barbara and she
knows it, but he shouldn't have
said this because she really is a
tragic case whose life Is marked
with sorrow because her father Is
so engrossed in his business that he
seldom comes home to dinner.
Judy has trouble with her par
ents, too. Her father. a reputable
fish and crabmeat Gamer played by
Mr.. Berry, breaks out in a brand
new necktie one day, which Judy
regards as the sign he Is about to
desert his household in the mad
ness of his middle age.
Since all this was arranged under
the production guidance of Joe
Pasternak, you scarcely need be told
that the approach to real life of
any of these adventures is not
quite as close as that of Hans Chris
tan Andersen. "a Date with Judy"
is all done up in Technicolor, with
bright costumes on pretty people
and it is as harmless an entertain
ment as you could hope to see. 1t
has lot of songs, too, most notably
Carmen Miranda's I'm Coking
with Glass (Which we took to mean
I'm Cooking with Gas and, less
notably but still lively, Jane Powell's
Most Unusual Day."
In addition to the others in its
cast, "a Date with Judy" has Eliza
beth Taylor to play Carol, the most
beautiful girl in Santa Barbara. In
Technicolor, Miss Taylor is the most
beautiful girl in almost any place
you want to name.
The Capitol's stage show is head
lined by the Pitchmen, piano player
and two men who initiate musical
Instruments, It's a sort of pocket
version of Spike Jones and generally
funny. Others are Terry Lawlor,
a lively singer of popular tunes; the
three Honey Brothers, whose aero
batic comedy is easy to take (easy,
that is, to watch, and the Four
Evans.
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Puppy Love Keeps
"A Date With judy"
At the Capitol

ture produced by Joe Pasternak, directed
by Richard Thorpe, screenplay by Doro-
Thy Cooper and Dorothy Kingsley, based
On characters created by Aleen Leslie,
songs by Jimmy McHugh and Harold
Adamson, Don Rave and Gene dePaul,
Stella Cnger and Alec Templeton. At the
Capitol.
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'Embraceable You
Better AS A Song
Than AS A Movie

"EMBRAcEABLE YOU" Warner Bros
Picture produced BY Saul Elkins, directed
by Felix Jacoves, screenplay by Edna
Annalt from a story by Dietrich v. Han
nekin aid kleck Block. At the Metro
pontan. r,,r ,.sr.
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THE CAST:
That economy wave in Hollywood

That economy wave in Hollywood
which is inspiring the studios use up
any scraps lying around probably
explains the existence of Embrace
able YOU" new feature at the Metro
politan. 1t is a shoddy and improb-
able little fiction with Dane Clark
and Geraldine Brooks and the
quicker it is forgotten, the better it
will be for every one. Warner Bros.
may not feel this way, what with
their investment, but sooner or later,
they, too, will see the wisdom of it.
The idea of the thing, a romantic
melodrama one would guess, seems
to have come from the old song title
embracing the words "Embraceable
You" In that original guise it
was just some lyrics to be whined
by people In love. Now, set to pic
lures, it becomes a longish, weari-
some tale about Clark and Miss
Brooks tearing their hearts out for
each other.
1t is quite possible that Embrace
able You" was intended to be pic
ture with moral. This is limited in
the circumstance that while the
lovers were not much to begin with,
they find love purifying experience.
1t did nothing, however, to make
them less dull. j. C.
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Collaborating sands are found In
every river which rises in Tibet.
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