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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
Returning Films
 Win Communists

HELSINKI-tR- Approximately 400 former Films who left Finland for the Soviet Union in the early thirties when the Communist par- ty was banned here have return ed since the armistice, according to the best estimates. Political opponents are watching their activ- ities closely.
 Few, if any, have asked to re- new their Finnish citizenship, re- liable Finnish sources said. The Communist party machine-which numbers between 40.000 and 45,000 members or one percent of the population-has absorbed them. They have scattered throughout the country, working as organizers or propagandists, these sources said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
WALLGREN WILL BATTLE LANCLIE
 IN WASH. STATE
By The Associated Press

0y 4AiC ASSOClaCcQ FItSS
 Three Washington governors in a political stew, one was eliminated and now there are two.
 That was the way the race for governors stood today.
 Former Governor Martin was eliminated Tuesday, leaving Cover nor Wallgren and former governor Langlie to fight it out in the Mo- vember general election.
 Martin wired his congratulations to Governor Wallgren today, say ing:
 Congratulations on your con- tinued leadership of great party. Best personal wishes"
 Late tabulations showed Wall gren defeated Martin for the Dem ocratic nomination for Governor by 132 ,285 to 72,507.
 Langlie won the Republican gub- ernatorial nomination by 166,373 votes to 23,679 for John T. Me- Cutcheon, his nearest rival.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
GOLD ADMITS HE'5C0kMIE;;
 PROUD OF II

WASHINGTON. Sept. l6.--tR-- Ben Gold, president of the CIO Fur Workers Union. proudly told a ,aagpressional committeey today he has been communist for more than 25 years.
 My political utilization is mat ter of public knowledge" he shout- ed T never have denied it and I never will"
 He protested that the question by Rep Lucas D-Texas) as to his political utilization was an in fringement of his constitutional rights, but he said he would an swer gladly.
 His declaration came near the end of more than two hours of testimony before a House Labor subcommittee headed by Rep. Max Schwate (R-Mo).
 Gold, who is a member of the Communist party's national execu- tive committee. testified earlier his union is not dominated by Con- munists.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
FLARES DROPPED
 ON LIBERTY SHIP
 OFF COAST, SIBERIA
Erroneous Report CirtuIai- ed that Graft Had Been
 Fired Upon

TOKYO, Sept. l6.-tR-- Flares dropped over the Liberty ship Moses Brown by two unidentified planes resulted today in an erron- eous report that the Russian chartered vessel had been fired on.
 Capt. Kenneth D. Frye. skipper of the 7l76-ton freighter, radioed the ships operators, the Shcp- ard Lines. that the flares were dropped Saturday night in the Sea of Japan, off Russia's Siberian coast
 Because the Moses Brown is owned by the U. s. Maritime Com mission, copies of the message were relayed from San Francisco to the Commission and to the com pany's NeN York offices.
 In Washington the Maritime Commission said it received the report from the Shepard Lines Boston office and that it mention ed "an explosion 100 feet above the vessel" but that it wasn't clear whether It was a star shell or para chute flare.
 Anyhow, the Commission relay ed the report to the State Depart ment, which said it had a report the Moses Brown was fired upon, but that the Department had no details.l
 Skipper Frye, still proceeding smoothly from the port of Toro on Sakhalin Island to a port in Russian occupied North Korea with cargo of coal. reported the ship was not fired upon.
 A spokesman for the Far East Air Force said emphatically that no American planes had dropped flares over the ship. Which would indicate they were dropped by Russian planes.
 tn San Francisco. the Shepard Lines West Coast manager, F. C.. Ninnis. boiled the whole thing down to routine report" He said the Moses Brown was in an area where Illuminating ship for purposes of Identification happens often.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
THREE B0A1S UNLOAD
 COD, SABLE, SALMON

More than 30,00O pounds of hali- but and sable and nearly 14,0O0 pounds of salmon were unloaded at Juneau Cold Storage this morn ing.
 Boats docking were:
 The Oceanic, skippered by Ole Westy. with 2,500 pounds of hali- but and 28,000 pounds sable.
 The Thelma, skippered by Bernt Olstead, with 1900 pounds salmon.
 The Isis, headed by J. c. Mar tinson, with 12.O00 pounds salmon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
MEAT pAlkER5 10 FIGHT 7DE50fUIf0N DEMANDED BY GOVT.
CBy The Associated Press,

By The Associated Press)
 The nations four major meat packers appear ready for a fight to the finish with the government because it is trying to dissolve and reorganize them into IA sep arate companies. A civil anti trust suit was filed in Federal court yesterday in Chicago.
 The suit charges that consumers had to pay higher prices because of monopolistic practices by the packers-Swift, Armour, Cudahy and Wilson.
 But spokesmen for three of the four packers have denied the charges, one tCudahy) calling them entirely false. And the Ameri- can Meat Institute describes the charge that the companies SUD- pressed competition as just plain nonsense"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
BIG STRIKE,
 HELLO MEN,
 I5 AvERTED
Western Electric Reaches Agreement with CI0
 Com. Equipment Men

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-R- A coast -to-coast strike of 25.000 tele- phone workers was averted today when the Western Electric Com pany reached an agreement with representatives of the CIO Con- munication Equipment workers.
 Federal Mediator Thomas R. Steutel said the pact had averted the strike set for am. (EST) to- morrow.
 The agreement, subject to mem- bership ratification, provides hour ly wage increases of nine to Is cents in some sections of the. coun- try and eight to IA cents in oth- CTS.
 The settlement affects telephone equipment workers in 43 states and the District of Columbia. They in clude Washington. Oregon and Ida ho
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
 IS GIVEN
 TO R0YALL
Lonqshoremen 10 Work at Pre- Strike Rdies--
 Pi(kets Out
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. ls.-lR

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 16.-lR Harry Bridges striking CIO long, shoremen made new proposal to- day to Army Secretary Royall who has threatened to use troops, if need be, to get army cargo mov- ing.
 The new offer-to work at pre- strike rates through Seattle stevedoring company with which the longshoremen have new con- tract came as the union increased it's pickets around army dock fac- ilities.
 One thousand pickets appeared today around the army's Port of Embarkation at Seattle in protest against the army attempt to hire dock workers at the pier instead of through union hiring hall
 Another 500 made their initial appearance today at army dock facilities in Oakland.
 Other throngs of pickets were active for the third day in San Francisco. Bridges has accused the army of "strikebreaking' in not using union hiring halls.
 The longshoremen. who have been on strike since Sept. 2, said they had signed a contract with Griffiths and Sprague. stevedor- ing firm with principal offices in Seattle. The company has suffi- cient equipment and facilities to handle all army cargo in San Francisco and Seattle ports, the union told Royall.
 The union said yesterday that artffiths and sprasue had broken with the Waterfront Employers As- sociation against which the union is striking. WEA has withdrawn all wage offers by it's members until officers of Bridges union sign non-C Communist affidavits under the Taft-Hartley Act.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
H ar Fire Al Fairban nks;; Loss $2oo,ooo
Two Airp|anes Also Lost in Blaze : Explosion Is
 Given as Cause

FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Sept. l6. -tRAFire destroyed the main hangar of the Vein Alaska Airlines at the Municipal Airport along with two airplanes late yesterday. Estimates of loss ranged up to $200OOO.
 Lost in the fire were four place Cessna and an eight-place Norseman, stockroom supplies, a machine shop engine overhauling depot and freight and waiting rooms.
 A Douglas DC-3 Airliner parked near the hangar was hastily tow ed to safety and one light plane was pulled from the hangar be- fore it was enveloped in flames.
 As the 75-by-20O sfoot hangar went up in flames. fire departments from the city and from Ladd Air Force Base kept it from spread ing to the adjoining hangars of the Alaska Airlines and the North ern Commercial Company.
 Officials said an exploding fire pot in a nearby nose hangar a hangar which can accommodate tt only the nose of a plane-was re- sponsible for the fire. The fire pot was being used in cleaning engine parts.
 Fuels and lubricants stored ir and near the hangar sent flames and smoke billowing high into the air, drawing hundreds to the air port runway.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-R-Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 31a, American Can 827s. Anaconda 36k. Curtiss- Wright 10, International Harvester 28A, Kennecott 557s, New York Central IT. Northern Pacific 21s, U. s. Steel 80ss, Pound $4O3A.
 Sales today were 580,000 shares.
 Averages today are as follows: :: industrials 1869, rails 6094, util- itieS 34.70.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
PARKER IN HOSPITAL

The Fairbanks News-M Miner of September 13 says Larry Parker, of Juneau, is in St. Joseph's Hos- pital with an attack of the flu. He is from Juneau and is engineer ing aide for the division of sani- tation and engineering for the Alaska Department of Health with headquarters at Juneau. He will probably be out of the hospital in couple of days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

All American steamers tied up by coastwide strike.
 Princess Louise. from Vancouver, scheduled to arrive Saturday after noon or evening.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
DRAFT REGISTRATION
 DEADLINE SATURDAY

Deadline for Selective Service registration of IS to 25 year old men is Saturday, John L. McCor- mick, Territorial Director of Selec- tive Service reminded men in this area today.
 Persons born in 1929, final group on the registration schedule which began August 30, were being regis tered yesterday and today.
 After September 18 there will be continuous registration for all men within five days after reaching their eighteenth birthday, accord ing to Mccormick.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
pIaneFares AreRedu(ed
 By Pan Am

SEATTLE, Sept. l6.--tR-Two air lines, Pan American World Air ways and Pacific Northern Airlines announced a 25 per cent reduction in their Seattle Alaska fares yes terday.
 The reduction becomes effective October IS.
 On Pan American planes the re- will remain in effect until April IS, Willis G. Lipscomb. vice president, said.
 Pacific Northern Airlines said il would keep the lowered rate in eff feet until March Is.
 At the same time. Pan American said it would cut children's farei to 50 per cent of adult fares ant permit infants free travel.
 B. Fred Dunn, District Traffic Manager in Juneau, in confirming reduction in plane fares, says the new rates will be valid for one way as we'll at round trip pas sages.
 The seasonal fare reductions in Alaska are part of a continuing program to give the public low cost plane travel when and where possible" said Dunn. For in- stance, Pan American has already announced winter excursion round trip rate of a fare and a third to Europe Tn addition the company plans to inaugurate Sep tember 24 tourist service be- tween New York and Puerto Rico of 46 cents a mile or SIS for the one way trip" Dunn said.
 The Alaska reductions will be effective between Seattle. Ketchi- kan, Juneau. Whitehorse, Fairbanks and Nome from October IS to April IS. Half fare passage for children between two and twelve years oi age will also be reducedi rnasfina their rate 50 percent of adult win ter ticketE. Infants will travel free.
 The new rate on the Seattle Juneau system will be $56 one way and $l00 round trip as against the old fares of SIS one way and $135 round trip. a
 This reduction is in keeping with Pan American tradition of offering every possible stimulant to Alaskan business during the Terri tory's off or winter season.
 Tn 1946 we reduced winter fares within Alaska on a round trip or excursion basis. In 1947 win ter excursion rates were expanded to include the gateway city of Seattle. Now we are able to offer 25 percent reduction within the Territory and round trip passage in both directions and the period of winter reductions has been ex- tended to six months. To meet efficiently the seasonal travel in Alaska, Pan American will use DC- 4 equipment. Air cargo rates, al- ready sharply reduced, will remain unchanged"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
The W ashinqton Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON Copyright is4s. by The Bell Syndicate.

WASHINGTON An insignifi- fant news item appeared in the press recently to the effect that Baron Heinrich Won Einsiedel, the great-grandson of Bismarck, had been arrested in the western zone N Germany. Behind that news it.ms is a story that goes to the rott of our trouble in Germany. teially US. and British intelli- genNA had been trying to catch Baroh Won Einsiedel for months. For this descendent of Germany's great hero has become one of Rus sia's most effective Communist agents.
 The story has never been fully told, but Won Einsiedel. captured at Stalingrad, is considered the real genius behind the Free Germany
 no-n Eov,vl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
CA SURVEYS FOR AIRPORT EXTENSION
Engineers MtDaniel and Martin Completing EvdI-
 udiion, Juneau Field


 The survey as to the feasibility of lengthening Juneau airport landing strip by approximately 2,000 feet to accommodate six motored airplanes is sufficiently near completion to elicit an opti- mistic report from w. R. McDan- iel, Civil Aeronautics Administration engineer in charge of paving and grading who, with Lyle L. Martin, ICAA soils engineer. has spent the past week investigating the project ed extension to the local airstrip.
 First purpose of the survey is to evaluate the present field, find whether it will stand up under the weight of larger planes, before extension of the strip is considered and McDaniel and Martin, working with CAA crew and assisted by men provided by City Engineer James L. McNamara, have been running load tests during the week. Tests on the airport's short run way have been completed and re- suits surprised the engineers, they said. Indications are that this strip would hold the heavier planes contemplated in future air. line operation.
 Tt is not the paving, but the sub-base that takes the load McDaniel explained
 Soil tests of the proposed exten- sion have been concluded and are now subject to tests in the CAA laboratory in Anchorage.
 :. Indications are that an extension of 18u0-feet to the 496S-foot strip would be the maximum addition possible, and would be sufficient length for larger planes.
 So far as construction of the extension is concerned, the matter is simple, but the expense, due to the quantity of fill required will be considerable, the engineer said.
 McDaniel's report to Walter Pletts regional CAA office as to the feasibility of the project and estimates as to the cost of the extension, should it prove feasi- ble, will be the next step follow ing the completion of the present survey.
 Then it is up to the regional office and Washington, D. C.. for approval or disapproval,' said Mo- Daniel, making no promises.
 Appreciation of the cooperation furnished by City Engineer Mo- Namara. the Army Engineers and the Public Roads Administration was expressed by MT. McDaniel, who also expressed his esteem of Lyle L. Martin. soils engineer. who is working with him.
 The Territory is fortunate in having a man of his capacity here,' Mcdaniel said Martin, who came to the CAA month ago from Foy, Spofford and Thorndyke. was responsible for the evaluation work on Ladd Field and Mile 26, near Fairbanks. A graduate of the University of Maine, he has worked with private concerns in cluding Haller Engineering Com- pany that has done extensive work in the evaluation and construction of airports in South America.
 McDaniel and Martin completed their work on the paving of the 750O-foot strip at Annette before they came to Juneau on the 9th, and leave here this week for Fair banks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16

 TOURS ARE
 TO START
Truman Hits Road Tomor : row on 16-DdY Trip
 Dewey, Warren Busy
(By The Associated Press)

President Truman and Govern or Thomas E. Dewey jotted down new stop-and-talk dates today as they put finishing touches on their cross country campaign plans.
 Mir. Truman, who leaves tomor- row on 16-day transcontinental trip. scheduled three-day stay in Texas on the way back from the Pacific Coast. He will return to Washington by way of Missouri. Illinois, Kentucky and West vir- ginia-all key states in his presi- dentiai election drive.
 Dewey's Plans
 Gov. Dewey meanwhile disclosed plans to take in the northwestern states of Montana, Idaho and Wyo- ming on his way back to Albany, N. Y.
 Both men are due to make ma jor speeches a day apart in Los Angeles. There controversy de- veloped.
 E. George Luckey, chairman of the Truman Barkley ticket commit- tee in Los Angeles, said the Presi- dent will have to use Gilmore Stad- ium for his September 8 talk be- cause the Republicans had tied up the larger Hollywood Bowl ito re- hearse some complicated lighting effects" for Dewey's appearance the next night.
 Charges Made
 Democratic National Chairman J. Howard McGrath promptly chareed the COP with leasing an empty stadium" just to deny it to MT. Truman.
 Calling that action f'Un- -Ameri- can," Mc0rath said in New York: T am sure that Gov. Dewey on sober second thought will disavow the action of his teammates on the so-called Dewey team"
 Al
 Coy. Earl Warren, the No. ? man on the Dewey team. mean while headed east from California on the start of his 30-state tour. He will spend most of the next two days campaigning in Utah.
 Senator Alben Barkley, the Dem ocratic Vice Presidential nominee, was due to return today from Rome, where he has been attend ing the Interparliamentary Confer ence.
 Wallace In Chicago
 Henry A. Wallace joined the word battle over farm price sup ports following a Chicago session with 40 third party workers from IS states. The former Agriculture Secretary said he will make special appeal to the farmers that the ever-nornal granary was my baby, and now it is their baby"
 Both the Republicans and Dem- ocrats. said Wallace, are destroy ing the system of government grain storage facilities by reducing the number of bins operated by the Commodity Credit Corporation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
WEATHER REPORT
tU. 8. WEATHER BuREAU)


 GU. 8. WEATHER BUREAU . Temperatures for 24-Hour Period { In Juneau Maximum, 63; minimum, 42. . At Airport Maximum, 63; minimum, g. . FO R E c A ST . tJuneau and Vicinity { . Rain beginning this eve. . ming and continuing Friday. . Slightly warmer nights with { . the low tonight around 50 { . and the high tomorrow near { . 56. Southeasterly winds 10- . 20 mph. occasionally in- . creasing to 35 mph by Fri { . day. . F R E c IPIT A IT O N . . (Past 24 hours ending 7:3o am. today { . In Juneau None; since { . Sept. l, 9.16 inches; since { . July l, 2l48 inches.
 . At Airport None; since { . Sept. l, 6 inches; since July . l, l4.31 inches. {
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
Wallace In Chicago

New York harbor and the lower Hudson river were discovered by a Frenchman in 1924; Henry Hud- son explored the river and laid the Dutch claim to the region in 1909.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16

The French people contributed s250,0O0 to pay for the Statue of Liberty in 1884 and Americans raised $28o,000 for the pedestal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16

The barracuda, large savage pike Like fish of tropical seas. is more apt to attack man than the shark.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16

An embryonic stock exhance was intugurated on Wall Street in l792.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-16
FROM. HOOD BAY

Mrs. Ken Drake of Hood Bay is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
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Evening star., 1948-05-07
Hull Urges Renewal
OF Trade Treaty. Act

Former Secretary of State Cordell
Hull, original sponsor of the recipro-
cal trade program, said in a state
ment given to a House Ways and
Means Subcommittee yesterday that
the continued existence of the pro-
gram is indispensable if our Nation
and all nations are to look con-
fldently to brighter future"
Calling the trade agreements "a
beacon light for the free nations of
the world" Mr.. Hull added:
1T is my earnest hope that Con-
gress which has recently shown the
imagination and courage to enact
the foreign assistance legislation will
again reaffirm this country's broad
and basic policy of international
economic cooperation by renewing
the present Trade Agreements Act"
Secretary of State Marshall told
the group that If Congress cripples
Evening star., 1948-05-07
Senate Committee Clears
Social Security Measure
By the Associated Pres

The Senate Finance Committee
yesterday amended and then ap-
proved a House-passed bill dealing
with Social Security benefits Chair
man Millikin said the vote was
II to l.
Backers of the bill say it is de-
signed to make it clear that Con-
greSs did not intend the Social Sc
curity Act to apply to independent
contractors under the common law
definition.
The administration opposed the
bill as passed by the House, con-
tending it would remove up to 750,-
900 of these contractors from COW
erage by the act.
Senator Millikin said Congress
never intended that they should be
covered. But he added that the
committee voted to amend the
House bill to provide that no one
who already qualified for benefits
under executive Interpretation of
the act would be deprived of them.
The purpose of the bill is to main
tain the status quo until Congress
decides whether to- make the act
apply to more persons
Evening star., 1948-05-07
Second Twin Is Born
774Hours After First;
Both Called Perfect
BY the Associated Press

CHEYENNE, Wyo., May T.
Birth of the second of twin
girls ia hours after the arrival
of the first child was disclosed
here yesterday.
The girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Ross at Memorial
Hospital here Wednesday. The
first twin was born last Friday.
The girls were the first born to
the couple.
The twin born April 80,
Sharon Lynn, weighed S pounds
and 9 ounces at birth. Her
sister, Karon Lynn, weighed 4
pounds and 10 ounces. Hospital
attaches said both little girls
were perfect" Doctors said
such births were most un-
usual"
Evening star., 1948-05-07
Dr.. Kendrick Elected
Scout Committee Head

DR.. J. Frank Kendrick has been
elected chairman of the District
Committee of the Arlington Boy
Scouts.
DR.. Kendrick was elected Wednes-
day night at the annual banquet of
representative of organizations and
institutions sponsoring Boy Scout
activities in Arlington. Clifton c.
Stoneburner was elected vice chair
man. and H. David Locking was
named district Scout commissioner
for Arlington.
Evening star., 1948-05-07

the program, this Nations global
prestige will suffer.
Pleading for a three-year con-
tinuation of the Trade Act, Gen
Marshall said the reciprocal tariffs
program is the cornerstone and
keystone of our foreign economic
policy"
This program permits the State
Department to lower American tar
ifs if other nations agree to ease
their trade barriers. The act ex-
pires June IL, unless Congress re-
news it.
Evening star., 1948-05-07

dington Flynn left for st. Louis by
plane to overtake her actor-hus-
band, Enrol.
Flynn took the first fight out OF
town yesterday with a photographer
friend, Peter Stackpole.
Some people said spat between
Flynn and his wife preceded the
quick jaunt to Columbia, Mo-, but
this was denied by her mother.
| Stephens College girls at Columbia
Immediately started buzzing the
astor's hotel phone once they found
he was in town. Flynn's explana-
Evening star., 1948-05-07

tion of the trip was that he had
had some trouble with an airline
reservation.
Nora is due to meet Flynn in St.
Louis and then proceed with him
to New York.