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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
BLOW FOR
MONOPOLY
In MOVIES
Five Big Companies Must
Now Get Out Of Super
Colossal Glass

WASHINGTON, May 4-iR-
The movie industry's big five
wrestled with new script today
an order from the Supreme Court
to get out of the super colossal
class.
The tribunal ruled yesterday that
the FIVE companies violated anti
trust laws through price fixing
and film distribution agreements.
1t also told lower courts to go
ahead with new proceedings to
determine whether the movie con-
Germs must sell their interest in
3,l37 theaters.
At the same time the high court
set the stage for damage claims
by independent theater owners
which may run into millions Of
dollars.
The main monopoly case has
been in the court since 1888.
BY vote OF to l the Supreme
Court upheld all but one of the
findings of a special three-judge
Federal Court sitting in New York
last year. Justice Douglas wrote
the majority opinion, with Justice
Frankfurter dissenting. Justice
Jackson took no part in the hear
ings.
Among other things, the court
said the firms acted in restraint
Of trade by:
l. Setting price of admissions.
2. Giving clearance" to some
theaters-that is setting the time
before a film could be shown in
a rival house.
g. Block booking-by which a
theater or a chain must take a
number of pictures to get a par
ticular one desired.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
Chinese Commies
Close 10 Shanghai,
Control Shangtung

SHANGHAI, May 4.--tR- Strong
Chinese Communist forces are saio
to be only lbs Armies northwest
Of Shanghai today
Dispatches from the central Chi
nese coastal area say these Com
munists have virtually gained COM
plete control of Shantung PENN
sula north of Shanghai. Govern
ment reinforcements are said to be
headed toward the Communist
column and one dispatch predicts
a decisive battle.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
DE WEY In
CAMPAIGN ].
In OREGON
Governor of New York Ae-
eidenfaIIy Dumped Into
Mud by Crowd

PORTLAND, May 40 Gov
Thomas E. Dewey rolled his Ore
gon primary campaign into high
gear today after characterfzing
Harold E. Stassens proposal to out
law Communism as a "demagogic
appeal" founded on big slogans.
In his first major campaign talk
last night. the New York Govern
or took fighting issue with his Re-
publican rival for Oregon's Repub-
lican Presidential preference in the
May 81 primary.
Only che incident occurred. He
was dumped into. the mud on the
Grant high school lawn as a
friendly crowd-unable to gain adj
mittance to the auditorium-surg-
ed forward to shake his hand as
he emerged
Dewey was not injured, and only
momentarily off his feet. His
smile as broad as ever, he con-
tinued to greet the overflow of
several hundred persons who wait
ed outside for him.
To the audience which started
gathering two hours before his
scheduled appearance, Dewey de-
clared:
Il am unalterably, whole heafted-
ly and unswervingly against any
scheme to write laws outlawing
people because of their religious,
political. social and economic views
you cannot kill ideas by
force"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
R. R. SYSTEM
SEIZURE UP
TO TRUMAN
Goyernme emf Can Take
Over Lines in Case
Strike Called

WASHINGTON, May A. - Up -
Federal transportation experts said
today President Truman still has
wartime powers to seize the ma
TONS railroads in event of a strike.
A walkout has been set for next
Tuesday by unions representing
10000 firemen, engineers and
switchmen.
Chairman Frank Douglass of the
National Railway Mediation
Board, said in Chicago that media
ton efforts to avert the strike have
collapsed. Douglass said he would
return to Washington to report the
failure to President Truman.
General Counsel Francis A. Silver
of the office of Defense Transpor-
tation, said legislation still is on
the statute books making it possible
for Mr.. Truman to order Federal
operation of the rail lines.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Alaska, scheduled to sail from
Seattle Thursday.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Saturday.
Princess Louise sails southbound
Thursday morning.
Aleutian, from west, southbound
late Sunday or early Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
Mexican Border
Officers Find
Cartridge Cache

MEXICO CITY, May 4-IR--
Mexican border authorities in Nu-
evo Laredo announced today that
customs officials have discovered
a cache OF cartridges valued al
$4,000. The authorities say the
cartridges were found in a private
home. One official says he learn
ed the ammunition was intended
for shipment to the southern part
of Mexico. This informant adds
that he believes the cartridges
were brought into Mexico from
the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
The W ashington
Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
Copyright, 1913. by The Bell Syndicate.
Incl

WESTINGHOUSE Mrs. Roose-
welt does what her friends say
she's going to do about Harry Tru-
man it's going to be one of the
hardest political blows the Presi-
dent has ever taken-also a big
personal disappointment.
Only a few insiders know it, but
President Truman has counted on
Mrs. Roosevelt to help him swing
his denomination. That was one
thing he had in mind when he first
appointed Mrs. r. to the United
Nations
Mrs. Roosevelt was first asked to
be a delegate to UNESCO, the
United Nations educational and
cultural subsidiary. This she turn
ed down. Then Secretary of State
Jimmie Byrnes suggested to Tru-
man that she be made a full
U. S. delegate to the UN.
Truman was delighted with the
idea. He remarked that it was
important to keep the Roosevelt
family affiliated with his admin
istration and that this would have
an important effect upon the Dem
ocratic convention when his own
denomination came up.
Truman even took the trouble to
call Mrs. Roosevelt himself so as
to make sure she accepted the
UN job.
Now, however, word from Roose-
welt circle is that Mrs. r. will not
only oppose Harry for renomina-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
FLAREUp CAUSED
BY TRUMAN, ON
CALF. CAMPUS

BERKELEY, Calf, May 4.--lRt-
There is additional confusion on
the University of California cam
pus in the wake Of the announce
ment that President Truman will
deliver the commencement address.
Letters Of protest are pouring in
to the school newspaper, the Daily
Californian.
The commencement was schedul-
ed originally for June 10, but that
didn't fit in with the Presidents
plans, SO the date was changed to
June IL.
The students are complaining
that this interferes with nearly
everything. For on thing, June IL
is right in the middle of exam
week. And the seniors protest
that they will be graduated and
then have to come back to complete
their studies.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04

ASSEMBLY"
IS PLANNED

CAMP CAMPBELL, KY, May q.
--(Rl Exercise Assembly" the
largest military training operation
since World War II, will be-
gin here Saturday.
The maneuver, in which an ina
ginery invader from the Caribbean
area will be repulsed, will involve
more than 10000 troops. 1t is be-
ing staged jointly by the Third
Army and the Ninth Air Force.
The manuevers will end May "a.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
NIGHT FIGHT
PULLED OFF,
HOLY LAND
Jews Capture Wealthy
Arab viIIage-lnvasion
Force Ready 10 Move
CBy The Associated Press

Irgun Zvai Leumi said today its
Jewish fighters captured the veal
thy Arab village of Yehudia, IL
miles East of Tel Aviv, in an all
night battle with Arabs. The VIII
lage was stronghold barring the
way to the LYDIA airport, four
miles to the South.
An Iraqi armored brigade is
camped near Marfak, Trans-Jor-
dan, rs miles from the Eastern
border of Palestine. Its 80 armored
cars, five batteries of rs nm guns
and 100 trucks and jeeps awaited
an invasion order from King Alb
dullah OF Trans-Jordan. This is
not expected before the British
mandate ends May is.
An Iraqi staff officer declared
the Palestine Jews have not yet
fought a regular army He added
he believes victory will be won
quickly"
q IA OCWAoAA o6NAANJ oH1h~SAAe%AA SeAAe'
Egypt is sending six busses into
Jerusalem to evacuate Egyptians
Bombardment
Arab guns atop a Judean noun
tain were said by Jews to have
bombarded the Jewish settlements
Of Neve Yacov and Atarot, North
Of darkened Jerusalem during the
night.
In the Southern Hills south
Of the truce-stilled Holy City, wit
nesses said Arabs were massing
for an attack on Jewish Kefar Ell
zion.
Jerusalem itself remained quiet
under an armistice enforced by
British troops. Only a little scat
tered firing was heard Police ac-
cused the Stern group of sabotag-
ing power station, depriving the
city OF power and light during
the night.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, May 4.-R-Clos-
ing quotation of Alaska Juneau
mine stock today is 3Ss, American
Can 88, Anaconda 1914, Curtlss-
Wright 8, International Harvester
e6. Kennecott 547s, New York Cen
trail 1915, Northern Pacific "a, y
S. Steel 1875, Pound $4.03h.
Sales today were 1,450,0O0 shares
Averages today are as follows
industrials 1914, rails 59.08, util-
tiles 1920.
The most ancient prehistoric lake
villages are thought to be more
than 1000 years old.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
HEARINGS HELD.
ARMED FORCES
RESERVATIONS
Limitations Are Proposed
on Military Reservd-
tions in AIeutidns

Limitations on proposed mill
tary und naval land reservations
in the Aleutian Islands and the
Alaska Peninsula area were recon-
mended by various people today
at public hearing conducted by
Assistant Secretary of the inter-
Tor William E. Warne in the Terri
torial Senate Chambers in Juneau
Representing the Alaska Devel-
opment Board. Consultant Sund-
berg declared that mo permanent
reservations should be granted
Every reservation should have a
definite time limit. Toward the
end of the prescribed period. the
agency, representing the reservation
should be made to prove that the
reservation is still needed and
is in the public interest
Sundborg argued that too many
reservations have been made in
the past in Alaska, perhaps" he
stated, for. purposes legitimate at
the time. but, which purposes have
long since evaporated although the
reservations still remain in exis-
tence."
He pointed out that one-third OF
Alaska is already in Federal reser-
vations amounting to l20000,000
acres. Sundborg said he did not
oppose measures vital to national
security. but declared the whole
Alaska reservation policy has reach
ed a stage where we should be de-
linquent If we did not insist upon
thorough demonstration OF
need
Protect Natives
Don Foster. General Superinten-
dent of the Alaska Native Service,
petitioned Warne and the armed
services for recognition of the nee
essity of conservation of the re-
sources of many of the islands and
their surrounding waters. He sug-
gested the issuance of individual
permits for trapping privileges.
Foster also recommended that Ma
tive fishing privileges be retained
He asked that service personnel be
restrained from trapping, shooting
or fishing in these islands.
The ANS Chief also asked that
precautions be taken to prevent the
distribution of Intoxicating liquors
in the native villages He tacitly
agreed to the proposed reservations
hy refraining from speaking direct
ly against them and only asking
for certain restrictions.
Security Important
Secretary Warne. in opening the
hearing, conceded that military Sc
curity is OF paramount importance.
He then called on 1t. Col. E. d.
Schuyler Of the Alaskan Command,
representing Army, Air Force and
Navy il the Territory to list areas
requested. 1t was pointed out that,
with the exception Of 1885 acres
on Unalaska Island, all requests
are within existing land withdraw
ais.
The Department of National De-
Tense requests all oil the follow
ing islands Adak, Great Sitkin,
Shemya. Attu, Tanaga, Kagalaska,
Little Tanaga, Umak. Igitkin, Asuk-
SAX Ajax. Kanu. Tanaklak. Tag
adak. malaga NEAR Unalaska) ),
Agattu. Amaknak. Expedition, and
Hog.
Also requested is the area near
Cold Bay and portions of the fol-
lowing islands; Amchitka. Atka, IN
alaske, Umnak and Kodiak.
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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
ANCHORAGE VISITORS

Bruce Decker. Jr., John H. Ster-
ling, Lloyd Buchanan and John M.
Williams, from Anchorage, are in
Juneau and staying at the Baranof
Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
METLAKATLA VISITOR

william H. Cordell from Metlak-
alta is in Juneau and staying at
the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
FROM KODIAK

Commander l.. E. Root from Ko-
diak is registered at the Baranof
Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
FROM GUsTAvUs

Mrs. James Vrooman from Gus
tavus is in Juneau and guest
at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
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KETCHIKAN VISITOR

I. Arensen from Ketchikan is
visiting in Juneau and is at the
Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
DOWN FROM sKAGMAY

Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. Rogers from
Skagway are staying at the Bar
anof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
WEATHER REPORT
~. s. WEATHER BUREAU

o tU. s. WEATHER BUREAU
. Temperatures for z4-hour period
ending 1880 thla morning
. In Juneau Maximum, Al,
. minimum, 80.
. At Airport-Maximum, As;
. minimum, %.
. WEATHER FORECAST
. Juneau and Vicinity
. Variable cloudiness tonight
. and Wednesday with light
. rain by Wednesday after
. noon. Warmer tonight with
> lowest temperature above
, freezing.
. PRECIPITATION
. Past "a hours ending 7;30 m today
. In Juneau .04 inches;
. since May l, .04 inches;
, since July /, 81.48 inches.
. At Airport .07 inches;
since May l, OF inches;
, since July /. 48.72 inches.
% = = -
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
HERE FROM SEATTLE

William Reed. Jr, from Seattle,
is registered at the Gastineau Ho-
tel
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04
No Susiiiuie Plan
On Alaska Shipping

SEATTLE, May 4.--lR- S. j..
Swanson. vice president of the
Alaska Transportation Company.
returned to Seattle yesterday after
a trip to Washington. D. c., where
he joined other steamship officials
and government agencies in try
ing to work out replacement for
the interim Alaska shipping plan.
The interim plan expires June 80
and no substitute plan is in the
immediate offing, Swanson said
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04

Some ancient European lake vii
lagos were still occupied in the
days of Julius Caesar.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-04

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A~&te<AAsAAAt So-
WEATHER FORECAST
PRECIPITATION

Past "a hours ending 7'3o m. today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-22
Jones Urges Extending
RFCBeyond June 80 as
Independent Agency

The Reconstruction Finance Corp.
should be extended beyond June 80
as an independent lending agency
responsible only to Congress" for
mer Secretary of Commerce Jesse
Jones told a Senate Banking Sub
committee today.
RFC has continuing usefulness,
Mr.. Jones declared, not only as
source of needed business loans,
when private loans are not available,
but to help prevent bank and other
credit from drying up.
Mr.. Jones, who was RIGS boss In
his wartime post as Federal loan
administrator, defended the agency's
record in a statement replying to a
series of questions by Senator Buck,
Republican, of Delaware, chairman
of the subcommittee which is weigh
ing whether to extend RFC beyond
its midyear expiration date.
Wartime Mistakes Cited.
The Houston business leader said
neither the Federal Reserve Board
nor the Treasury should have cons
troll over RFC. He ascribed some
wartime mistakes to President
Roosevelt's tendency to grant such
directive authority to emergency
agencies, explaining:
Some Of these agencies soon
began to drool for money to spend,
and some of them were able to
persuade the President-a very busy
men and a fairly free spender-to
give them authority to direct the
RFC without regard to the judg-
ment of its own directors, and in
unlimited amounts.
Most of these men were well in
tentioned and competent. Some Of
them were dreamers. reformers and
pure theorists. Authority given
these was unfortunate and costly
Unable to Attend.
Mr.. Jones did not testify In per-
son. His statement said rather
prolonged and insistent cold" made
travel from Houston inadvisable.
Mr.. Jones declared the RFC has
been "as competently managed as
any private business or industrial
operation Of comparable size"
Referring to charges of loose
bookkeeping made in 1916 and later
by Controller General Lindsay War;
rem, Mr.. Jones declared the criticism
was damaging and largely unjusti-
fed"
He opposed efforts to subject RFC
ACTIVITIES to prior audit by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-22

! insurance companies, but not in
other businesses.
3. Make disaster loans.
4. Make deferred participation"
loans-that is, share lending risks
with private banks-but require that
the banks carry larger part of the
financing than heretofore.
The former cabinet officer said
RIGS interest rates should be in
line with those of private lenders.
In RIGS own borrowing from the
Treasury, he added, it should pay
interest at the average rate which
the Treasury must pay in its own
borrowing.
Glacial action has been the chief
ooeof in LAKE. formation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-22
Newsboy, IA, Hurt by Car,
Still Clutches His Papers

A 14-year-old newspaper carrier
boy went to the hospital this morn
ing still clutching his papers after
he was struck by truck as he made
the rounds of his route.
The boy, Eugene Ware, colored
of 616 l. street S.W., was reported
in serious condition at Casualty
Hospital with head injuries.
A carrier for the Washington Post,
he was struck at Z am. at First and
M streets S.W., police said, by a
pickup truck driven by Leroy L.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-22

torney Saul Lichtenberg, means o
sentence Of 30 days and o Sl00
fine or another 30 days for David
D. Davenport, 81. of the 1900 block
Of Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Davenport was arrested by Park
Police last May on the complaint
of a woman who lives in a Potomac
Park dormitory.
He is still awaiting outcome Of
motions filed in two bootlegging
cases and one of assault.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-22

General Accounting Office which
Mr.. Warren heads.
During the depression" Mr..
Jones said, I'VE could not have
awaited the pleasure of technical
and autocratic GAO. That would
have been equally true as to RIG
defense and war activities ="
Program Outlined.
An extended RFC, he said, should
have authority to:
/. Lend to small and large bust
nesses when credit is not other
wise available on favorable terms.
2. Buy capital stock in banks and
trust companies, and probably in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-22

Maddox, 26, of Doncaster, Md. The
boy apparently ran through M street
traffic before he was hit, police said
Health Department ambulance at
tendants said that when they picked
up the semiconscious youngster to
transfer him to the hospital he still
held tightly to the bag which con-
tanned his undelivered papers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-22
Court Rules Exposure Case
Proof Of Intent Not Needed

Intent need not be proved by the
Government in prosecuting in
decent exposure cases, the Munich
pal Court Of Appeals ruled yester-
day.
A decision written by Associate
Judge Thomas Hood, the court
upheld the refusal of Judge George
D. Nelson to charge a Municipal
Court jury that to convict the de-
PENDANT, it was necessary to find the
exposure charged was "willful and
deliberate
Denial of the appeal. filed by At
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-22

pect last November who turned out
to be q former convict who had
just robbed a downtown jewelry
store.
The reward was presented to the
World War II veteran by the Jewel
ers' Security Alliance, a protective
agency. Permission for Pvt. Croson
to receive the money was given by
the Commissioners, who ruled, as is
customary, that per cent of the
total be given to the police admin
istered fund maintained to repay
policemen for any damage to their
personal property incurred while on
duty.
Marseille is the second largest
IL -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-22
Policeman Gets Reward
For Selling Jewel Robber

Pvt. James S. Croson, 81, of No. 3
Precinct, today was nearly 500
richer, after receiving a check yes
terday in reward for his vigilance
and alertness" in arresting a sus-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-22
Alumni Dine Tonight

The Washington alumni OF the
University of the South. Sewanee,
Tenn, will hold their annual dim
ner at 1880 o'clock tonight in the
Army and Navy Club,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-22

Marseille is the second largest
French city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-22

Glacial action has been the chief
agent in lake formation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-11-15
EMPLOYERS.
 STRIKERS IN
 CONFERENCES
Steps dken Will Be for Longtime PeaCe-Revis-
 ed Arbitration Policy

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. l5.--M --Negotiators announced today they had taken steps to make peace last once the West Coast maritime strike is settled
 Definite progress in talks tow ard new contracts was reported by representatives of the Waterfront Employers Association and the CIO longshoremen.
 The post-strike peace plan calls for revised arbitration machinery to remove causes of work stoppages by settling disputes on the local level wherever possible, joint statement by the association and union said.
 Optimism prevailed among those attending the weekend conferences seeking to end walkout which has paralyzed most of the coasts ship ping.
 Some 28.000 workers are out ill the strike involving five unions and tying up about 250 of the a75 dry cargo ships of West Coast steamship companies. Employers estimate. the strike is costing $4,00O,000 day in trade. The tie- up extends from San Francisco to Seattle
 Negotiators today began draft ing tentative contract language covering points already settled. Negotiations on other issues will resume at 1:30 pm.
 Under the formula by which the peace talks were resumed last week, they are limited to 10-day period which expires next weekend If settlement of the 75-day-old strike has not been reached at that time, Unions must submit the employ CTS latest offer to vote Of their members.
 Two issues which began the strike last Sept. 2--wages and control of the unions hiring hall by which men are assigned to jobs-remain to be settled. Both sides agreed in principle" however, on hiring procedure "equalizing work oppor- tunities," and wages were not ex- pected to prove fatal stumbling block
 As the strike began, longshore- men and employers were only 5 cents apart. The union wanted a l5-cent raise to $l.82 an hour, and employers offered 10 cents.
 Still'to be settled, too, is a juris- dictional matter: whether the AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific shall have jurisdiction, rather than the CIO, in Alaskan ports and steam lumberJ schooners arry Lllnde- berg, head of the AFL union, said his men won't go back to work until their claim is granted. In Cincinnati. the AFL convention promised his full support