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The Nome nugget., 1948-04-02
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Corner of Third and Division
 Rev. Lewis I. Hudgins. Pastor

No one can be truly educated who lacks a knowledge of the Bible" l0:00 am. Singspiration and Sun day School Glasses. 1l:00 am. Morning message. 7:30 pm. Singspiration and spe cial music. 800 pm. Evening message. Wednesday: 7:30 pm. Melody anc Prayer. Come and bring your Bible. You are ever welcC me to attend these services.
 NOME GOSPEL MISSION
 of
 Alaska Evangelixation Society
 Geo. H. Loveless. Pastor Sunday:
 200 pm. Sunday School. 7:30 pm. Gospel Service. Tuesday:
 7:30 pm. Prayer and Testimony Thursday:
 3:30 pm. "Vit-Em-In Childrens'
 Bible Glass;" Friday:
 7:30 pm. Know Your Bible
 Class" Verse by verse study
 in Hebrews.
 You are invited-Everyore is welcome.
Evening star., 1948-06-18

White or solid coIors, wosh-
obIe, cotton weave with
crew neck. Short sleeves.
Small, medium, large,
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-17
BY RALPH lizard

n EORIA lies along the
broad, Swift-flowing Illi-
nois. in the center of one of the
richest farm areas on earth.
It's thoroughfares are wide;
Main Street glitters at night with
neon signs and electric bulbs
twinkling against veneer back
ground of black tile, marble and
plate glass. Except in times of
crisis, the ugly reality beneath
the veneer never becomes APP
parent to most Peorians.
But the reality emerses stark
and murderous whenever the
shadowy but complete control
of Peoria life exercised by its
little group of millionaires is
challenged. Most of the time the
violence Of which this group
tPeor;a's Association of Com
mexce says the city has more
millionaires per capita" than
any other in the U.Sl is capable
is mufed and controlled.
But such control demands con-
cessions: for instance, the de-
ciassed elements in American
society were so firmly embedded
in Peoria life that it took world
war and military threats that
the city would be put "off linn
it's to troops, to drive the pros
titutes out of the houses along
Washington st. and Prairie
Alley.
BUT despite the control which
wealth exercises, som m S
there are struggles for power
among the free enterprisers in
the lower ranks, such as the
Shelton brothers. When others
contested their control of the
state market for vice, gambling
and rackets, the Shelton gang
cornered them in a farmhouse,
then dive-bombed the dwelling
from q plane.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-17

PeOflaS arc alllance De-
tween millionaires and mobsters
to whom human life also means
nothing was WILDLY illustrated
by the case Of George P. McNear.
McNear acquired the Toledo,
Peoria & Western railway in
1925; he ran it on an anti-labor,
open-shop policy that culmin-
ated in an organizing strike late
in 1941. In open and contemp-
tuous defiance of the Railway
Labor Act, McNear then oper-
ated the short road with strike
breakers until it was taken over
by the government in 1912 as
necessary adjunct to the war
effort.
An order from Truman in
August, 1915, restored the line
to McNear's operation.
T. P. & w. trains ran the line
empty of anything save heavily
armed strikebreakers. Early in
1916 the armed scabs shot down
five, strikers in cold blood. Irv-
ing K. Paschon and A t h u r
Browne fell dead, shot in the
back. Three others were wound
ed.
THE murderers were white
washed. A year later George P.
McNear himself, the man whose
anti-labor arrogance had made
the tacit alliance with crime open
and unashamed, himself fell vic
time to that alliance And his
murderer has never faced a trial
either-perhaps because it would
have revealed too many facts
about The Alliance.
At that time the Federal Blu
reau Of Investigation attempted
to use McNear's murder against
labor. But the FBI's regional
chief, Paul Ferrin, was as unsuc-
cessful as the local police force
and perhaps for the same rea-
sons.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-17
The PEORIA STORY

But Ferrin stayed on in Peoria.
although he is no longer Off
ciallY a representative of the
FBI. Now he does the planning
for the coalition in its struggles
to keep labor down.
EVEN the Ku Klux Khan
flourished for a time in Peoria
in the 'Twenties. Their crosses
famed upon the bluffs along the
river, and on the lawns of law
abiding citizens whose politics,
religion or race they didn't hap
pen to like.
Traces of this faint are even
to be found today in such high
political places as the city coun-
Gil, which approved an unconsti-
tutional resolution barring the
great Negro singer, Paul Robe
son, from appearing in Peoria
last year.
And its full virulence still
pulses through the American Le-
gion, whose stormtrooper squads
terrorized the city to prevent
any manifestations of support
for the great Negro baritone.
BACK Of the organization of
Caterpillar is long history of
company-stimulated violence by
the police and other local goons.
Up until 1887, "Cat" had kept
its. workers pure Of unionism and
consequently low-paid. In that
year the Moulders & Foundry
workers Union (AFD attempted
organization of the plant, but
faded from the picture when the
company turned down their de-
mand for a closed shop and an
impartial umpire to rule on I'M
ion proposals and grievances.
The CLIO steel workers organ
izing committee made the next
attempt, but its organizers were
driven from East Peoria in the
midst Of a strike. The first real
strike was won by the a m
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-17

equipment workers organizing
committee-now tie U nlted
Farm Equipment Workers, ClO
as the result of a sit : down
strike in 1898. With the aid of
only one other strike, in 1916,
Local 1O5 of the FEE has raised
the minimum wage rate from
SIS cents to $1.03.
The current strike was precip-
ifated by Cat president Louis B.
Neumiller's flat refusal TO con-
slider the unions demand for a
cost of living wage increase. al
though the last concession made
by his profit -gorged corporation
had been one thin dime per hour.
and that in ls47.
BUT Neumiller is counting on
the Taft-Hartley Act this time;
he knew from past local expert
ence that this Bipartisan" mea-
sure was tailored to his needs.
For years, Rep. Everett Dirksen,
from the Peoria congressional
district, had faithfully done the
bidding of Neumiller, LeTour-
neau and those other miilionaires
of whom the Association of Com
merce boasts.
Organizers for the Uni t e d
Auto Workers, ALL, appeared
on the scene again as the strike
deadline neared. Their "work"
consisted of a wild farrago of
charges that the FEE was red
dominated, that it was support
ed by Moscow gold" and that
it had sown Communist cells"
wholesale throughout the Cat
plant.
But even such willing conniv-
ers at the Taft Hartley game of
''divide-and-rule" as the unions
cited may not be strong enough
to achieve the results desired by
Neumiller. And it is extremely
doubtful that the 1000 young
veterans of World War II with
in the union ranks can be easily
inundated by the top brass in
the Legion.
DOZENS of Cat workers suffer
from the dreaded necrosis of the
hand that is called Yjackhammer
disease" in the plant. All Cat
workers who handle the heavy
air-driven hammers that are
used to clean castings. suffer
from this disease in time: the
nerves of their hands degener
ate. the palms turn white and
go numb.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-17
Silent support for labor comes

Silent support for labor comes
from the city's ministers, who
cannot speak out from their pull
pits against those who maintain
their churches. One minister who
dared to speak in behalf of strik-
ers in the mammoth H ira m
Walker distillery-largeSt in the
world-a few years back, was
told that if he continued to speak
such truths all support would
be withdrawn from his church
by the local sBig Boys" In the
past attempts have been made
to keep even such nationally
noted progressives as the late
Sen. George Norris from speak
ing in the city.
This control extends through
all the city's fraternal lodges and
even to it's chief cultural center,
Bradley University The Legion
has been busy spreading the
message of the millionaires
throughout Peoria by means Of
its Freedom Booklets"
PEORIA is the marketing and
shopping center for a farming
population of almost 100000.
The American Legion is engaged
in propagandizing the farm fami
lies with it's version of what con-
stitutes sAmericanism'-and to
the Legion's directors, being
American means being anti-ia-
Dor.
Caterpillar came to Eas t
Peoria in the first place to take
advantage of the opportunity for
hiring cheap labor that the sur
rounding farm area presented.
But American farmers learn fast.
And the war-born expansion has
swollen the ranks of Cat work
ers to more than 10000 men and
women. Together with the 5000
workers in the Walker and other
distilleries,, the $500 in the Lee
ToMneau factory where profits
are piled up for "R.G and re-
ligious trust whose books are
open only to LeTourneau and
God, Peoria's working people
account for almost $4,000 of the
city's population.
With their families included,
they are the vast and over
whelming majority of the city's
10000 people. Since they are
silently united behind the Cat
workers ia this city dominated
by millionaires, mobsters and
their armed allies from the state
police, anything can happen
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-17
FBI operative. have offices.

FBI operative. have offices.
American Legion headquarters in Peoria.
5-Local los headquarters.
6-The Hiram Walker whiskey plant biggest
disfiilery in the world. of a bitterly
fought strike just before the war.
THE LeTourneau works. where heavy earth
moving equipment is made and daily prayer
meetings substitute for increased wages.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
B'nui Birth Pluns Dance

B'nai Birth Argo Lodge and Argo
Womens Chapter viii hold q Joint
Mr.. and Mrs. Dance" at o pm.
tomorrow at the Shoreham Hotel
Tor wives and husbands In the or
ganizations.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
Unknown Serviceman
OF World War Il 10
Be Buried in 1851

World War us unknown service
man will be buried In Arlington
Cemetery sometime In 1851, 1t was
learned yesterday
Unlike the unknown soldier OF
World War !, who was buried In q
big state funeral In Arlington, the
unknown hero of the last war may
be from the Army, Navy, Air Force,
Marine Corps or Coast Guard
Elaborate plans are being mapped
to make certain that neither his
service nor his identity is ever
known.
The selection will not be made
until all known war dead are either
returned to this country or buried
permanent by overseas, officials said
The return of the war dead will not
be completed before the end Of next
year.
When that program Is completed
the Army's Graves Registration
Service again will examine the rec
ords and circumstances OF death of
all the unidentified to make one
final effort at Identification. It is
likely that all those then unidenti-
fed will be buried permanently over
seas but that determination will be
made by the Secretary Of the Army.
After completion Of those proc
esses the elaborate procedure Of
choosing the unknown serviceman
will begin.
Preliminary selections will be
made and finally unknown dead
from 16 areas-corresponding to the
Graves Registration sections-will
be picked. All records will be de-
stroyed on these dead and three
one each from the European, Pacific
and China -Burma-India theaters-
will be selected. The final unknown
serviceman will be one Of those
three but 1t never will be known
from which theater the final des-
iGnation was made.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
Pucifist Fellowship
To Meet on Tuesduy

Man Is The Battlefield" will be
the subject Of a series Of three
meetings of the Washington Pacifist
Fellowship to begin at 8 pm. Tues
day at the Friends Meeting House,
2l11 Florida avenue NV.
The second In the series will be
held at 2:S0 pm. November Il, and
the third at 8 pm. December 8.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
Deaths Reported

q. Trsm 2; 2 C e: syrsss s,s q vital Statistical
Alice Gales, "a, Blue plains.
Cora Mann. 50, 1911 = ct. ne
Charles Rogers, 90, Blue Plains.
Clara Ross, ~, 1901 GeYantum ct. NV.
HAZE Msssns;1 III 1s1s sd sT Il
Louis schmitz. s7. zoos s7th ct. Sc.
John Smith. g.. Waydman Park Hotel.
George Davis, "a, Soldiers Home.
Florence Pearson. "a, 1877 corcoran Ut
Kathryn Hsfner. 90. s2s7 Patterson ss
osHsFs sEsusa sh.s..ssts. s.s ss. 1903 jackson ave.
Robert cunninshsm. IS. zoos xsarny ss.
uleie Mahoney. SO, 1T 9Th ct. ne.
Alvin Powell, 80. silver Spring.
Alexander Steele. 80, Eiue Plains.
Hsssis 9s. s..e.nn Mann. e. 2is 7th q. ne:
Ethel Everett. 62, 1924 Georsia ave. NV.
Eugene Goodall. 46, 2124 9th st. NV.
rreddie Clayton o. 1881 Union ct. s.w.
Herman Cheek. 3, sis o st. s.w.
Evening star., 1948-08-29
Miss Neufeld We'd

The First Baptist Church in Alex
andria was the scene of the mar
riage Friday of Miss Bernice Neu-
field, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ger
hard H. Neufeld of Wolf Point,
Mont, to Mr.. Beverly T. Hummer,
jr, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hummer of
Alexandria. The Rev. DR.. Ernest
Campbell oflciated at the ceremony
which was followed by a reception
at the George Mason Hotel.
The bride was given in marriage
by her brother-in-law, Mr.. John P.
Mooney, and attended by her sister,
Mrs. Mooney, and by Miss Bette
Kerrick and Mrs E. Randolph Bevis.
Mr.. j. Richard Hummer was best
man for his brother and the Messrs.
Bedford Penn, Bernard Ward, Web
ster Rose, jr., and E. Randolph
Bevis were ushers.
Following their honeymoon the
couple will reside at 1904 South
George Mason drive, Arlington.
Evening star., 1948-08-29
lane Mack Bride

Miss Jane Mack, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Bryan Mack of Washing
ton and Florida. was married yes
'terday to Mr.. Richard Vincent
Pinckney, son of MIR. Eustace B.
Pinckney and the late Mrs. Pinck-
ney of Savannah. The Rev. James
A. Miller oficiated at the ceremony
in the Shrine of the Blessed Sacra-
ment. and a reception followed at
the Broadmoor Hotel.
The bride was given in marriage
Evening star., 1948-08-29
THE SUNDAY STAR. Washington. D. C..
SUNDAY AUGUST ~ le1s

by her father and attended by Mrs.
Robert w. Maloy and the Misses
Dorothy Jefferson and Rose Irwin.
Mr.. Pinckney was best man for his
son and the brides brother, Mr..
James E. Mack, and her cousin, Mr.
A. N. Eshman, jr.. were ushers.
The couple motored South on
their wedding trip and viii make
their home in Miami, where both
the bride and bridegroom were grad
uated from Miami University.
Evening star., 1948-08-29
February Wedding

Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Chasen
announce the engagement Of their.
daughter, Rita Francis. to Mr.. New
ton oshinsky, son of Mr.. and Mrs,
William Oshinsky. The wedding wiz
take place some time in February. :
The bride-elect is attending thes
University Of Maryland, where sha
Is q member Of Phi Sigma Sigmas
Sorority. Her flance Is a graduate OF
George Washington University.
Evening star., 1948-08-29

In a ceremony in the Hyattsville
Presbyterian Church yesterday, Miss
Selma Helm of Riverdale became
the bride of Mr.. Martin James
Leader of Hyattsville. The Rev
D. Hobart Evans officiated.
Mrs. John c. Phillips, jr., sister
Of the bride: Mrs. Keith Harder
and Miss Marilyn Bartlett were the
brides attendants, and Mr.. Louis
Glasgow was best man. The Messrs
Meredith and Lewis Helm, brothers
of the bride, were ushers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-04

FAIRBANKS: Will leave fully
 equipped cocktail bar, downtown Fairbanks, doing good business, excellent location. Must have cash
 for liquor inventory. Box 4689, Juneau Empire. 963 mo.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-04
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

No. 5913-A Tn the District Court for the Terri tory of Alaska, Division Number One at Juneau. s CHARLES M. TUCKETT, Plaintiff, vs. ALASKA FINANCE CORpOR< AT1ON, corporation, Defendant. Pursuant to an order of the above- entitled Court of August 30, l948 in this cause. all creditors and others having claims or demands for money Of other property agains tthe Alaska Finance Corporation. corporation. doing business at Juneau. Alaska, are required, on or before December 1, l948, under penalty of thereafter having said claims or demands dis allowed in the discretion of the Court, to file the same with Henry Roden, receiver herein, at his office in the Valentine Building at Juneau, Alaska. Said claims or demands shall be supported by affidavit and shall set out the nature and amount of such claim or demand, the nature and amount of any security or lien held by claimant or to which claim ant is entitled.
 HENRY RIDDEN,
 Receiver. First publication, Sept. 4, l948. Last publication, Sept. 25, l948.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-04
PAN AM BRING5 iiii.,,s.,,l,i
 16 FROM SEATTLE

Pan American flights brought ir 16 passengers to Juneau from Seattle yesterday, while Is persons left for Seattle.
 From Seattle Sheila MacSpad- den, Sally Avritt, George Seannes, Robert Graham, Margaret Graham Joe Wagner Warren Averill, Don Eldridge.
 Richard Ott, Mrs. Ott, Mary Mo- Fadden. Betty Jean KisselI, Lona Morlander, c. V. Schaeffer, Van Sillikoff and Marvin Connolly.
 To Seattle: Louise Archarnbault, Frances Arc ha1nbault, Keith Wildes, Ideal Wildes, Mary Monty, Aubin Barthold, Bill McFarlane, Irene Me Farlane, Bryan McFarlane and Sid ney McFarlane.
 Carl Brady, Dick Graham, Wayne Vanguran, Peter Koehn, Adrian Jorrison, Olen Mcbride, Frank Blackburn and Elsie Karo.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-04
FOR SALE

< S4. 800 takes 3-bur furnished home
 3 blocks to school. Several bed rooms, marine view, well furnish
 ed, new carpeting, etc. FIREPLACES: Three large homes l with FIREPLACES. All complete < ly furnished. ; 4-bdr home, large lot garage, 2
 FIREPLACES,l triple plumbing, view, completely furnished. <, 2-bdr., furnished, large basement, marine view near school
 9 bdr., furnace. furnished hard wood floors, view, excellent niegh- borhood. < VERY reasonable down payment, owner finance 3-hdr. home, re-
 frig., excellent furn., hardwood
 floors. large new basement $1750 dowiI, owner finance, hard
 wood floors, very large living
 room, 1 bedroom.
 $1,000 down paym., l-bdr. home,
 First St. Owner finance small
 monthly payments. $1 500 down, one and two bdr.
 apts. in duplex. Owner will fi-
 nance. First St.
 2 houses, acre pat. land. Lemon Creek, part. furn., lights. Terms. HALE prop, compl. furn., acres
 pat, garage, etc. terms. 1oh mi , SchneeAer' ane, other property
 near Auke Bay
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-04
LABOR DAY REPORT
 E MADE BY WADE

In special Labor Day report to the workers in the Alaska area, Hugh J. Wade, Director of the So- cial Security Administration office, said approximately $14,2Oo monthly is being paid to ITO retired workers, their wives and dependent children and s4,80O monthly to 36O widows and children of workers who have died. This represents substantial increase over similar figures last Lator Day
 But there are still people" MT. Wade continued, who are lo.ing payments simply because they de- lay contracting our office to file claim for them"
 Social Security payments are not started automatically when a work CT reaches age 65 or dies. They must be applied for. Your Social Security Office wants to help and will render all possible assistance. But you must take the first step.
 Social Security legislation was de- signed for the working man. On Labor Day when the American work er counts his blessings. he will re- member social security. To make sure that social security does all it can for him. Mir Wade suggests that each social security card holder do the following things:
 l. Assure yourself that you have an official social security account number card-containing your cor rect social security number and your name spelled properly. .R
 Show your account number to each new employer and see that he gets the information correct on his record
 3. Check up on your social secu- rity account every year. A postal card to the Alaska Social Security Office at Juneau will bring you a form for making a formal request.
 4. When you reach age 65 con- tact the nearest social security off, ice. Tell your family now, to visit the office if you should die.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-04

HOTEL. in gooo location for sal
 or lease. Ph. 187. 881 t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-04

ONE 15O0-Watt Uhiversal ' Light F. Plant. Complete with heavy duty
 batteries. Call Ludwig Nelson's
 Jewelry Store. 976 If
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-04
Northern Light Presbyterian Church
Franklin df Fourth Where Welcome and Worship
 Meet"

Franklin at Fourth
 Where Welcome and Worship
 Meet"
 WILLIS R. BOOTH, Minister Wilda Faunce Husted, Organist. o:45 a. m.-Sunday School. Miss Elnora Baker, Superintendent. 10:50 a.m.,-Organ Preparation for Worship.
 1l:00 am.-Divine Worship: Ser mon, "A Great Work" Mrs. Roland B. Burrows will be the soloist. Thursday:-The Choir will re- hearse ats7:30 pm. at the Church. All members of the Choir, and all who love to sing are urged to join the Choir in this first rehearsal of the fall.
 Friday-The World Service Circle will meet for their first session of the tall.
 A nursery is provided at the Church for the convenience of Par ents who desire to leave their child- ren there while worshipping with US.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-04
JUNEAU STUDENTS BACK TO SCHOOL
 TUESDAY MORNING

Juneau student will begin classes Tuesday morning, September T when all schools in the Juneau In- dependent School District open doors for the first day of the new school year.
 First hour classes at the Ju- neau High School will begin at 8:45 in the morning.
 Tn the elementary schools, classes for grades 1, ?. 3, and open at in the morning. Grades 5, 6 2 and will begin at 8:45 a. m
 The Tee Harbor School opens at g in the morning. Included in the Juneau district are the Juneau Elementary School Willoughby Avenue School, Tee Harbor School and Juneau High School. s ii
 Bus schedules have been an nounced as follows: Bus route No. l-LeaveS the 15- mile marker at TAO a. m. inbound by way of DeHarts and Aux Lake Bus route No. 2-Leaves Maiers at TAO a. m. for the Loop Road Bus route No. 3-Leaves Thane at 8:15 am.
 Afternoon returning buses will leave the school within five min- utes after the close of the school day.
 The last stop for loading chil- dren on the inbound route ot buses and 2 will be Norway Point.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-04

9x12 TAN Frazzie rug, brand new
 Call Black 925 after 6 pm. 57 Ii
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-04

3 HOUSES ana lot. Inquire Trey.
 or Davis. 704 |
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-04
FREE DANCE GIVEN
 HERE ON LABOR DAY

A free dance will be given on Labor Day night in the CIO Hall. The dance is sponsored jointly by the Central Labor Council, AFL, and Juneau Industrial Union, C1O. The public is invited
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-04

sa25 2 for 1888 Va. Coupe. Phone !. O16- ring 8. sss 976s Ak
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-04
glHHAls' iHlHa HfHiitale lelti'ltiFHHas W-A-N-T A-D-S
 FOR SALE FOR SALE
FOR SALE

$8500- 3-bedroom unfurnished resi-
 dence; dining room, hardwooa
 floors, basement, automatic oi
 heat, garage, good residential lo s cation.
 LARGE Warehouse space. leQ ACRES land, 2ss miles fir, n Juneau; suitable subedividing wit 2-bedroonl cottage. M DUPLEX, 3 and 4-uilit apartments all! desirable investments, with net return of assi to lo% or
 investment. NEW, ? bedroom furnished resi-. dence at Auke Bay. RESIDENTIAL property, l to bedrooms.
 INCOME property. apt. houses, and commercial building lots.