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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
ROTARY CLUB SEE
 SOAP BOX DERBY
 PIX TODAY NOON

The high light of the Rotary Clubs weekly meeting today noon in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel was the showing of the Soap Box Derby pictures.
 The picture is 20 minute sound and color movie of the Soap Box Derby race and other activ- ities of the nationally known or ganization. It was very interest ing and informative.
 Ellis Reynolds, acting President at today's meeting. announced that the Central President of the Lions Club, George M. Ross of Seattle, will arrive in Juneau in the near future, and also made the an- nouncement of an evening meet ing to be held July 6 in honor of a group of people from South Bend, Indiana, including IT Rotarians who will be in Juneau at that time.
 Henry Hogue reported on the annual Picnic plans and that it would be held June 6, at the Aux Bay Recreation area. and those who needed transportation should contact Neil Friedman.
 The Rev. G. H. Hillerman read letter from Claude Carnegie, who recently was patient in Port land Hospital, that he has return ed home, stating that he was feel ing fine, and appreciated the clubs thoughtfulness during his illness. Judge George Folta was announc- ed as new member of the Ro- tary Club, and when asked to ex- plain a discolored eye, refused to do so on the premises that he would he fined for advertising within the club
 Guests at today's meeting were John Likeness. Superintendent of the New England Fish Co. at Chatham: Rufus Littlefield, fish company representative affiliated with the Safeway Stores: Leonard Hopkins. sporting goods represen- tative from Anchorage: Jim Rosen- baum, representative of the Mutual Benefit Insurance Co., of Omaha. and also distributor for Beach Air craft and E. M. Stevenson. For { eign Freight Agent for the North ern Pacific Railway, of Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
PAN AMERICAN BRINGS
 ii HERE FROM SEATTLE

Eleven passengers arrived in Ju- neau yesterday via Pan American flights as follows:
 From Seattle: Mrs. A. s. Gilkin- son, Ernie Whitehead, Robert Mar tin. Ray Dolton, Agnes Schlosser Fife Ames, Bill Nelson, Les Mehrkens, Mae Beebe, Bob Mor- row and Marilyn Morrow.
 To Seattle: Tom Morgan, Irving Fleek, George Hiddelston. M E Grimsrud and Charles Dubois.
 To Annette: L. A. Heady.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Louise. from Vancouver in port and sails for Skagway at 10 tonight.
 Baranof, from Seattle, due al 5:45 o'clock this afternoon.
 Grommet Reefer scheduled te sail from Seattle Friday.
 Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 George Washington scheduled tc sail from Seattle Monday.
 Alaska scheduled to arrive Thurs day evening, sailing south some time before midnight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
THANKS FROM ASTORIA
 RECEIVED IN LETTER

Juneau added another feather to its hat of hospitality when M. P.
 Mullaney received letter from the
 Astoria commander thanking the
 local baseballers and the city for a
 good time accorded vessel personnel
 when recently visiting here. Capt. Hoffheins expressed re- gret that the Astoria was not in Juneau long enough to continue the baseball games which packed tie
 ball park on both nights.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
DYNAMITE BLAST IN
 JERUSALEM
By DANIEL DE LUCE

Inside Jerusalem's old city, May 25-R-Arab dynamite destroyed four buildings in the old Jewish quarter today and Trans-Jordan Legion officer in the front line said many Jews were believed entombed under the rubble.
 The demolitions further pinched in the besieged Jewish garrison for whom another moonlight rescue attack failed early today outside the old city's Zion gate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25

PORTIAND-1ile choice of Ore gon Democrats for Vice President is Supreme Court Justice William o. Douglas. A write-in campaign for Douglas was touched off just prior to last Fridays primary elec- ton, and it resulted in about l8,000 votes for the Supreme Court Jus tice. President Truman was unop- posed for the Presidential nomina- tion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
Cruiser 5aIf Lake
 City Will Be Sunk

SAN DIEGO. Calf. May 25.-tR The United States Pacific Fleet is sinking the Cruiser Salt Lake City today, something 31 war en- agreements and the atomic bomb tests couldn't do.
 The l9-year-old vessels battle scared hulk is the target for today in the first task fleet gum nery- bombing exercises at sea be- tween San Diego and Long Beach.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
pAA 10 Discontinue
 Old Oxygen BoftIes

SEATTLE, May 25-iP-The State Department of Labor and Indus tries Safety Division today ordered Pan American World Airways to discontinuue use of the type of port
 able oxygen bottle which exploded and killed two men at Boeing Field two weeks ago.
 R. E. Mcfarland, Supervisor, said
 the flasks are wartime products and do not meet State requirement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
Rivers, Harbors and
 Flood Control Bill Is Now 5et for Debate


 WASHINGTON, May 25-tR--A general rivers and harbors and flood control bill authorizing $107, ,762 300 of work was set tentatively for House debate today.
 The bill would give congressional sanction to 45 specific construction projects. but appropriations would have to be provided in separate legislation before work could be started.
 Following are projects included in the bill.
 Flood control.
 Multiple purpose projects in Alas ka
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
PRECIPITATION
More DereIiet Jap
 Mines Being Sought

SEATTLE, May 25.-tRt- Two more derelict Japanese mines are being sought off the Oregon coast, the Coast Guard said today.
 One mine, 25 miles southwest of Cape Lookout, is being hunted by the cutter Bomham out of Coos Bay. The second was reported by the S.S. Bunker Hill 25 miles west of Coos Bay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
WACHUSETT ON CALL

The U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Wachusett was expected to leave from Juneau at 3:45 p. m. today to remove a fish trap floating in Stephens Passage off Sunset Island. The trap was sighted this after noon by an Alaska Coastal Airlines plane and was reported to be a meance to navigation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
U. ]. REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE NAVAL
 BLOC, PALESTINE

WASHINGTON, May 25-tPt- The United States gave notice to- day it will refuse to recognize a naval blockade of Palestine pro- claimed by Egypt and Syria.
 The State Department announced that American representatives in Egypt and Syria have been instruct ed to protest the blockade Egypt and Syria proclaimed it in behalf of the Arab States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
The w ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
tCopyrieht, ls4s, by The Bell Syndicate.
 Incl


 WASHINGTON Without bene- fit of publicity, significant back stage battle is being waged regard ing the question: ito nominate or not to nominate MT Truman" !"
 A host of Democratic leaders would like to duck Harry's nomina- ton, but most of them-at least from the North-are afraid to stick their necks outs They are secretly encouraging others to do the sticking, however, and they are quite delighted to hold any body else's coat.
 But despite this hesitancy, more and more Democrats are quietly lining up-with the hope of block ing nomination on the first ballot. If Truman doesn't make it on the first ballot, they figure he's lick ed.
 Illustrating the current inside strategy is what's happening re- garding California. The Califor- mia delegation is pledged to Tru- man. Uncer the law it can't switch until after the first ballot. But there's nothing to prevent the Cali fornia delegation from "seconding' the nomination of General Eisen- hover or of anyone else.
 Therefore, the strategy now being discussed is for Alabama, first state to vote at the Philadelphia convention, to nominate Eisenhower and then for California to second
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
UCC OFFICE HOURS

Employees of the Central Office of the Unemployment Compensation Commission, as of May 24 are op- erating under a change of office hours. namely, starting at 8 a. m. and finishing at 4:30 pm. The office will be kept open by al least one qualified employee until 500 pm. each day and also or Saturday from goo a. m. to + Noon, as required by Territorial law.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, May 25.-tR-Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is As, American Can 87B, Anaconda 40, Curtiss- Wright 7A, International Harvester 95h, Kennecott 58%, New York Central 16A, Northern Pacific 25ha, US. Steel 79, Pound S4.03A
 Sales today were 1,820,000 shares
 Averages today are as follows industrials 1897l, rails 6l04, util- ities 3565.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
Mrs. Whitaker and
 Daughter to Take
 Oklahoma Vacation

Mrs. Pauline Whitaker, and her daughter Mary, will leave here Fri day on the southbound voyage of the Princess Louise for a two months vacation in and around Oklahoma City, Okla. where they will visit friends and relatives. Mrs. Whitaker is secretary to R. E. Sheldon, Executive Director of the Alaska Unemployment Compensa- ton Commission.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
CASE SETTLED

A $45,000 damage suit against the White Pass and Yukon Railway by Gertrude O. Logan, for the death of her husband, Everett D. Logan, has been dismissed and a settle ment reached out of court.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
CITRUS IN PORT

The U. s. Coast Guard Cutter Citrus arrived here last night and is expected to leave sometime to- morrow morning. It brought new personnel and supplies to the USCGC Wachusett.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
SEATTLE VISITORS

P. Huff. E. M. Stevenson. w. E. Diers and Harold Ness. all from Seattle, are now in Juneau and staying in at the Baranof and Gas tineau Hotels.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
WRANGELL VISITORS

Jean and Shirley Mccormack and Marie Mullins, all from Wrangell, are in Juneau and staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
GRANTED DIVORCE

Harvey McNulty has been grant, ed divorce in U. s. District Court here from Delma McNulty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
C. N. MAKES
 WAGE OFFER
 TO WORKERS
WdIkout Averfed- -Boosi Is New Approach 10 Liv-
 ing Cost Problem

DETROIT, May z5.-tR- Gener- al Motors Corp. granted unique 11-cent an houh wage boost today to avert strike of its 225,000 CIO production workers.
 The company said the formula would cost it about $75,000,000 a year. But GM called it the new approach to the living cost prob lem"
 A GM strike had been set for Friday by the CIO United Auto Workers.
 Not only was the walkout avert ed, but the settlement raised hopes for a quick end to the 14-day strike of 75,o0o Chrysler em- ployees.
 On the basis of past history, 1t appeared that the GM formula may set a 1948 wage pattern in the 1000, ,OO0-man auto industry and other important segments of the nations economy.
 Chrysler has agreed to resume bargaining with the UAW-CIO. Its offer to the union was six cents an hour.
 The other members of the auto industry's Big Three. the Ford Motor Go, is scheduled soon to begin talking wages with the un- ion.
 General Motors and the union were closeted for 18 hours before announcing the settlement.
 It brings the average wage in General Motors S0 plants to about $1.61 an hour. The UAW-CIO originally asked GM for 25-cent an hour increase.
 General Motors would not say whether the wage increase would affect it's car prices.
 The new wage scale becomes eff fectiye May 29 for two years. The General Motors formula was uni que in that, for the first time, 1t hooked wages to the cost of llv- ing. During the next two years it was agreed to move GM rates up or down depending on the nations living costs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
FROM HOOD BAY

Jim Kladaline from Hood Bay is a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
Warm Weather Is
 Recorded, Seattle

SEATTLE. May 25.-lR-Temp- eratures of 8l degrees-highest of the year, were recorded here yes- terday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
HERE FROM VANCOUVER

A. D. MacGilleroy from Van couver is staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
ANCHORAGE VISITOR

Leonard Hopkins from Anchor age is guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
PORTLAND VISITOR

MT. and Mrs. A. M. Kessler from Fairbanks is in Juneau and stay ing at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
FAIRBANKS VISITOR

Agnes Slusher of Fairbanks i staying at the Hotel Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
PALESTINE
 CEASE FIRE
 ISDEBATED
DeadIine for Action Is Sel for Wednesddy-Guns
 Roar, Jerusalem
lBy The Associated Pressl

Arabs of seven states debated today the United Nations demand for a cease fire in Palestine and the American and British pres sure for peace. The deadline is 9 am. (PST) Wednesday,
 The guns roared on, however, in and around Jerusalem. Israel bonb- ed and was bombed. The British closed the port of Haifa to in- coming traffic. The Jews said they had cleared Arabs from the Jordan Valley.
 An Iraqi Cabinet Minister said the Arabs will agree to peace only if the Jews give up the new state of Israel and abandon partition. The Jews are certain to reject such terms. Baghdad newspapers resumed fire on the U. S., and one started boycott campaign.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
WAGE PEACE FORMULA

WASHINGTON, May 25.-tR- Cancellation Chief Cyrus s. Ching hailed the General Motors wage settlement today as a peace form ula which may head off major l948 strike threats.
 Pay disputes exist now in coal, electrical manufacturing, maritime and other industries.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
FROM OAKLAND. CALF.

R. E. Martin from Oakland, Calf. is staying at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25

PORTLAND VISITOR
 N. A. Bowdish from Portland is
 staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25

(LONDON)- British Foreign Sec retary Ernest Beyin told Parlia- ment Britain is using her utmost influence to insure that Jews and Arabs accept cease fire order The U. s. petitioned all Arab states warning on Israel to do the same. Bevin conferred again with the American Ambassador.
 tJERUSALEM)- = The Jewish vil- lage of Ramat Rehel. midway between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, changed hands twice. The Arabs took it last night and Haganah, the Jewish army, said it was re- captured. The Arabs turned their artillery on the place again. Jewish planes bombed Arab positions around Jerusalem after midnight Jews cornered in the old city of Jerusalem were subjected to an- other Arab attack last night. and a Jewish army spokesman said the . pressure is terrific" The Jews for the third day beat off an at tempt of Arabs to take the Notre Dame Hospice near the new gate to the old city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25

tContinued on Page Four)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
WEATHER REPORT
GU. s. WEATHER BUREAU

lU. s. WEATHER BUREAUJ } Temperatures for 24-hour period ending 7:30 thls morning In Juneau Maximum, 66; , minimum. 46. At Airport Maximum, 62; minimum, 40. 70 R E . 4 $ T (Juneau and Vicinity Mostly cloudy with occa-
 } sional light rain showers and not much change in temperature tonight and Wednesday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-25
BRITAIN'S SILKEN CURTAIN

In Russia it's called the iron
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-26
DISPLACED:
Bill Pending

Although the desperate problem
of Europe's displaced persons has
not been attracting much headline
attention lately, congress has been
busy working out legislation to adj
NIT quotas of DPS into the U. S.
Latest report was that an in
formal poll showed that a majority
of the senate would vote for a bill
to admit 100000 displaced persons
into this country during the next
two years.
The actual bill being considered
by the senate judiciary committee
sets the figure at 100, 600 DIP immi-
grants for the next two years, but
several senators have introduced
amendments to raise that total to-
200, 900 and to remove some restric-
tons imposed by the committee.
One senate source said the poll
indicated that at least SIS senators
were ready to vote for the less re-
strictive version. The house judi
ciary committee already has ap-
proved a similar measure to admit
200, 900 DPS in the next two years.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-26
FARM PLAN:
Truman's

To shore up his sinking political
prestige in his campaign for re-
nomination, President Truman pro-
posed to congress a f~our-point farm
program which he claimed is ''es-
sential'' to a productive, prosperous
agriculture in the u. S.
Burden of his message were these
recommendations:
1 A permanent system of "flexi-
BILE price supports for agricul-
tural commodities"
. Full support to the continu-
ance and expansion of our pro-
gram of soil conservation"
. Legislation by C T e S S to
- continue and strengthen pro-
grams to assure adequate consump-
ton of agricultural products"
n "We need to consider other
10 means for assisting farmers to
meet their special problems. For
example, we must support and pro-
tect farm cooperatives. We must
continue to work toward a sound
system of crop insurance"
There was nothing very startling
about the proposals, and they car
ried the unmistakable ring of a
campaign year bid for the farmers
favorable attention.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-26
ATOM RACE:
Official

Governments of the world never
have been farther from outlawing
the use of atomic weapons. In fact,
the atomic armament race is just
settling down to a long, straight
away dash.
1t is a contest involving astron-
omical costs, with horrible disaster
if not ultimate destruction possibly
lurking just beyond the horizon.
So far the U. S. is well in the
lead, as indicated by the recent
announcement of the development
and successful testing of three new
atomic weapons which are said to
supersede the original atom bombs
in destructive power.
The United Nations atomic ener-
gy commission made the ace off,
cial when, after two years Of fruit
less effort to work out some kind
of international atomic control, it
finally voted to suspend negotia-
tons.
Other developments e d
oWllllJ " PlOFC Iidb tiC ~ q -
deadly serious about developing a
powerful and diversified atomic
arsenal:
David E. Lilienthal, chairman Of
the atomic energy commission, re-
ported that the present stage OF
the commissions tests of atomic
weapons is concluded"
President Truman then author
lied the commission to take
'steps at once for further de-
velopment based on information
gained from the tests"
What Russia was doing about
atomic weapons remained pretty
much Of a mystery, at least as far
as the American public was con-
cerned. 1t was an accepted fact
that the Russians knew how to
make en atom bomb. Whether they
had the industrial facilities to do SO
still remained a matter Of consid-
cradle conjecture.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-26
JERUSALEM
lew or Arab? 49,.

independent republic in Palestine
which was to be called Israel.
Before Israel was 20 minutes old
it had received formal diplomatic
recognition from the United States,
first nation to extend such recogni-
ton.
And while Israel was yet only
hours old it was already at war.
The newborn state was invaded
from the north by regular army
forces of Lebanon and Syria and
from the south by Egyptian troops.
It was shelled from the east by
Trans-Jordan's Arab Legion and
bombed and machine-gunned from
the air by Arab planes.
Haganah, the principal Jewish
fighting force, rushed troops, sea-
soned by months of guerilla war
fare to all fronts and the fighting
settled down to the pattern with
which every adult in the world has
become familiar.
During the initial Juror, Israel's
provisional council of state man
aged to find time to elect DR..
Chain Weizmann, a scientist and
elder statesman of zionism, first
president of the nation.
Most momentous news connected
with establishment of Israel was
the agonizingly prompt U. S. diplo-
matte recognition of the state.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-26
Sequel

Second episode of the affair of the
Russian piece overture was a
Stalin-to-Wallace pass that went
over the head Of the U. S. govern
ment.
The Russian premier took ad-
vantage of an ''open letter" which
Henry Wallace had addressed to
him demanding an open showdown
between the two nations. Wallace's
proposals, as summarized by Stain,
included:
1. General reduction of arma-
ments and prohibition of atomic
weapons.
2. Conclusion of peace treaties
with Germany and Japan.
8. Evacuation of troops from
China and Korea.
4. Respect for the sovereignty
Of individual countries and non
interference In their domestic af-
fairs.
S. World development of inter-
national trade.
Il don't KNOW Wnetner the OnlleQ
States government approves Mr..
Wallace's program Stain
said, making it starkly clear that
he was talking, not to the govern
ment, but to the American people.
He applauded the Wallace letter
as "the most important document
of recent times" and declared, "As
far as the government of the USSR
is concerned, it considers that Mr..
Wallace's program could serve as
a good and fruitful basis for an
agreement"
Apparently a Russian attempt to
bring about a showdown in the
East-West struggle before an au-
dience of world public opinion, Stall
ms bombshell statement renewed
the question of whether the new
Soviet tactics are merely propa-
ganda or a genuine effort for peace.
Either way the U. S. was in a
difficult position. If the Russian
appeal is taken at face value it cuts
the ground from under the tough
American cold war strategy. II it
is propaganda it undoubtedly will
serve to put the U. S. in a bad light.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-26
Impulse to Zion

Arnold Toynbee, British his
tOrian, types the Jews as a fOs-
SLICED remnant of an extinct
civilization.
He meant that because of their
single-minded, faultless devotion
to the religion of Moses and their
strict adherence to ancestral
customs, the Jews, descending
through history as a compact
group, have retained most of the
original characteristics W h i C h
marked them when first they
emerged as part of the Syriac
civilization thousands Of years
before Christ.
They r recognized today as
being in but not Of the societies
in which they appear on every
portion of the globe. They al
most invariably form a minority
group, and as such they have
been targets for endless persecu-
ton.
Socially, world Jewry has been
Of two minds concerning the
most desirable end it could
achieve for itself. Those two
conflicting trains Of thought are
represented by the "zionists"
and the "dispersionists."
The dispersionists have advo-
Gated that Jews should mingle
freely with whatever people they
have chosen to live among and
gradually be assimilated by that
people. ZiOnists, Of course, favor
establishment Of a national
homeland - an indestructible
ideal ever since Moses led the
exodus to Canaan.
Since the war, with Nazi at
tempts to obliterate German
Jews completely and subsequent
displacement of millions Of Eu-
rOpean Jews, zionism has been
given a tremendous impetus.
That impulse to Zion has been
distilled into what the world has
come to know as the palestine
problem" More recently 1t
crystallized even further in the
actual establishment Of a Jewish
state - called Israel - In Pales-
tine, ancient homeland Of the
pre-Christian era Jews.
Laurel outlook., 1948-05-26
ISRAEL:
In Palestine

Events moved with the swiftness
of time itself in the Holy Land.
Ritualizing the expiration of
Great Britain's 30-year mandate
rule over Palestine, Sir Alan Cum
ningham, British high commission
er, hauled down his personal flag
in Jerusalem and flew to Haifa
where he boarded a cruiser.
That was that. Britannia no
longer ruled the P~alestinians.
Then the Jews, who had been
denied a legally partitioned state,
proclaimed the existence of a new,