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The union times., 1948-03-13

Thus the reports of the Apprentice Training Service of the Departent of Labor indicate the number of build ing trades apprentices employed than doubled in period of IS months.
 There is evidence however that the actual progress has been much greater than these reports indicate The for this that the Apprentice Training Service does not reports from many of the smaller towns and trade in which effective apprenticeship programs der way. The A. F. of L. Building and Construction Trades Department has just conducted questionnaire survey an attempt to determine the actual number of apprentices employed in January 1948 Due to the short ness of time only few complete returns have been ceived date But these indicate much greater progress the apprenticeship program than reported to the gov ernment.
 BASED ON EXPERIENCE
 It is often enormously stated that the unions sponsble for maintaining rigid ratio between number of apprentices permitted in proportion the number of ourneymen the ob The fact is that this ratio is set by experience and is by dictated by the union concerned In this connection these points be made
 CD The employer always prefers to have seasoned workers the ob The apprenticeship agreement places a responsibility and financial burden on the employer which he is often reluctant to assume.
 @ The training of the apprentice must give him proper supervision and actual experience in order be of value Too many apprentices with not enough super vision from journeyman would gain little skill would prove highly unproductve and would be costly by turning out work of inferior quality.
 () Apprenticeship training must lead to employment at the trade the apprentice learns When unemployment in construction high has been the for many years before the war, train with prospect of worI, for them would have been wasteul and bitter loss of time and effort to the apprentice himself
The union times., 1948-03-13
This Man Believes In Organized Labor

DALLAS, Tex-(FP)-This was the kind of spirit that helped bring the last unorganized plant of the Sim mons Co. into the Upholsterers Intl. Union (AFL):
 Although he'd been in hospital for some time, shop chairman Jess B. Ivey took two blood transfusionS and a shot of adrenalin and insisted on going to the plant to cast his ballot for the union in an NLRB election.
 His enthusiasm was duplicated by
The union times., 1948-03-13
TRACTION GAIN

CLEVELAND = (FP) = T h C Transit System Employees Union (AFL) won a temporary victory in its fight against 1-man operation of re- modelled 2-man streetcars. A common pleas judge threw out petition of the Cleveland Transit System for an injunction forbidding the union to halt operation of 1-man cars. He ruled the Transit Board had ample weapons in the Ferguson act, which forbids strikes by city employees.
The union times., 1948-03-13
GIVES POSITION

GIVES POSITION
 Petrillo gave his position on the record ban in a statement issued to all ATM members and published in the current issue of the Intl. Musician, official union publica- ton.
 First indication of Petrillo's willing ness to ease the ban came few weeks ago when he testified at House hear ing called by Rep. Fred Hartley (R, ND. Petrillo said then that the union would permit immediate manufacture of records for home use, provided they were not diverted to profitable use by radio stations, Muzak, juke boxes and other forms of mechanical competition.
 In his latest statement, PetrillO declared: ''It is not the desire of the musician to stop or prevent the use of his work any more than it is the desire of the writer, com poser or inventor to prevent the use of his creative efforts. The musi- clan merely desires the means to regulate commercial exploitation of his work and to prevent the un- just enrichment of these cOmmer- cial exploiters."
 The recording ban, Petrillo said, ''was not imposed by single individu- al. It represents the continuation of years of suffering and years of plead ing by the musicians to their parent organization for help to escape this self-destructive process This ac- tion was not capricious or nasty It was made in complete desperation, and only after all efforts through the years for just settlement had failed"
 HELPED PUBLIC
 A previous recording ban ordered by the union in 1942 lasted 27 months, ending when the record companies agreed to give the ATM royalty on every record sold. The royalties went into an employment fund, which last year spent $1 ,498, ,304 on free perform ances for veterans hospitals, juvenile delinquency programs, community con certs and public institutions.
 The fund was knocked out by a provision in the Taft-Hartley law, bringing the union again face to face with the problem of rapidly spreading technological unempiOy- ment. The decision to impose a new record ban followed.
 The nature of the unemployment problem, Petrillo said, can be seen in the figures for the top three re- cOrding companies, which show that not even the cream of the pro- fession, able to meet the most ex- acting musical standards, could exist by making records alone.
 In 1946, he pointed out, RIGA Victor employed 2,844 musicians (exclusive of'leaders), paying them at union rates an average of $177 for the year. Col umbia employed 1922 musicians who earned an average of $213.75 per year. Decca hired 1,652 who averaged $103. While the companies njoyed gross re- tail sales of $165 million in 1o46, the musicians received little over half cent per record sold.
 elf recordings are permitted to go unchecked" PetrilIo warned, ga handful of musicians can supply the musical needs of the US. and Canada, either through recordings or through chain broadcasting
 The public, the Congress, the radio
The union times., 1948-03-13

the recording and juke box industries must realize that unless something is done to stop the ravages of unemploy- ment among the musicians, not only will the art of music die, but there certainly will be no incentive on the part of coming generations to adopt music as profession, and the sources from which are now drawn our great artists will diminish until they are completely destroyed"
The union times., 1948-03-13

other workers in the plant, who gave the union humping majority. Sim mons Is the worlds largest manufac- turer of mattresses and bedding.
The union times., 1948-03-13
Record Ban Not
 To Last Forever

NEW YORK-(FP)-T ban records imposed by the American Federation of Musicians AF Jan looked little less permanent last week Pres James C. Petro said his union ready any agreement with the recording companies that will safeguard the livelihood of the membership
The union times., 1948-03-13

Since 1889 average weekly earn ings of white collar workers have gone up only 169o, while living costs have risen 56%o.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-16
CHILDREN'S HOME AT UNALAKLEET COMPLETED

John Dahlstrom, contractor from Eligin, H., who has been in Unalakleet since April building a children's home for the Mission Covenant church arrived in town Saturday on business.
 He states that the building is now completed with capacity for about 40 children. Rev. and Mrs. Lindgren and Arlene Anderson are now in charge of the home.
 Rev. Amundsen, who flew him in is returning him to Unalakle rt from where he will depart soon.
 Mir. Dahlstrom stated that the community is certainly pulling to- gether on all projects and can be justly proud of the advancements it has made in the last few years.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-16
PIONEERS TO CELEBRATE 4lST ANNIVERSARY

The Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 1, will celebrate their 4lst an niversary next Wednesday eve ming with banquet at the Pioneer Hall.
 Igloo No. 1 was the first to be organized in the Territory on the 2lst of February, 1907. The Grand Igloo of the order also originated in Nome in 1908. This was follow ed by the women's organization in 1912, also first.
 28 Igloos have been instituted since that time in most of the larger towns in Alaska with total membership now of about 1900 members.
 Prior to the war the Pioneers celebrated their anniversaries with sumptuous parties, but in compli- ance to the general war activities have not done so for several years.
 This year they going all out for another turkey dinner and full program of events are well under way.
 Members and their families are urged to put in their reservations immediately at Polet's Store and not later than Tuesday to insure sufficient seating and so that the purchase of food can be complet- ed.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-16
Floods, TOrnadoes Hit Central States

Continued from Page One) lucky, West Virginia and Missis- sippi-for near freezing weather and possibly light snow.
 Meanwhile, Tennessee, already plagued by rampaging rivers in the central part of the state anx- iously eyed the massive river of the same name and the Cumbel- land which winds through the heart of Nashville.
 Chattanooga expected the Ten nessee to crest there at midnight AS feet above flood stage. Already the river stands at foot over the safety mark of 40 feet. Lowlands are flooded.
 The Cumberland, with a flood stage of 40 feet was standing at 43.5 and threatening to go higher. Business and homes along its pre- cipitous banks prepared for the worst.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-16
Storm Lashes
 Washington Coast

SEATTLE, (P)-Winds and rain lashed the Oregon-Washington coast line with almost unrelenting fury for 24 hours were subsiding today.
 The storm, one of the winters worst, struck Saturday night. Winds of 85 miles an hour were recorded by the coast guard at De- struction Island lighthouse south of Cape Flattery on the north Washington Coast.
 Gusts of 8 miles an hour were marked up in Seattle More than a dozen utility poles were levelled. Numerous trees were felled and windows of several downtown stores were blown in.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-16
JAMES WALSH TO ATTEND HONOLULU CONFERENCE

Jimmy Walsh, sales manager for the Pan American has received word that he is to attend a confer ence of the Pacific Alaska Divi- sion at Honolulu on March II, l2, l3. Nome will be we'll represented during the conference in Honolulu with Alvin Polet, from Fairbanks, and Joe Giddings from Ketchikan as well as Rita Tavis who resides in Honolulu, MT. and Mrs. J. D. Davidson and E CBo) Mozee.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-16
AIRLINES
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS

Arriving Saturday evening with the Pan American were Woody Spagnola, Louis Buckland, Mabel Wilcox, Barney Crosby, Stan Bartlett.
 Round trip passengers were Ida Savory and daughter, wife and daughter of the chief pilot of the Pan American and Alaska Lincke, also Pan American employee, from Fairbanks.
 Garnet Martin was a departing passenger.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-16
ALASKA AIRLINES

Arriving from Anchorage on to- days Alaska Airlines plane were Merlin Huffaker and Rose Wood.
 Passengers departing on the re- turn flight were Rose M. Pierce, Ward, Florence, Judy and Joy Thompson, Barney Crosby, Cyril Seeds.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-16
AT THE WALLACE HOTEL

M. Schart, Kotzebue. M. w. Pc. terson, John Roberts, Rob Roberts, Bill Newley of Anchorage. Don Emmons, Fairbanks, Tex Ziegler, Igloo, Louis Bickland, N. Y. City; MT. and Mrs. Thompson, Anchor age.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-16
Guilty Conscience Discovers Sticker

QUINCY, III. tP)-Traffic Off cer Lawrence Kill was accosted by an indignant woman driver who was convinced she had erred in considering Quincy police courte- ous and considerate. "I've always
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-16
WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES

H. R. Rugwell was passenger from Kotzebue to Nome on Satur- day.
 The first flight to Diomede this winter was made on Saturday by Wien's. Frank Okpealuk and Char lie Ipana was brought to Nome by way of Teller.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-16

understood that if parked over time just little bit I wouldn't get a ticket. And now look!" She pointed to her windshield. "Ma- dame," said Kill, "that is federal automobile use tax stamp. It prob- ably has been on your windshield for several years"
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-16
Forecast And Weather Report Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. $. Dept. of Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Monday, February 16, 1948

Monday, February l6, 1948
 Forecast Nome: Clear and con- tinued cold tonight and Tuesday. Lowest temperature tonight -25, highest temperature Tuesday 10.
 Nome data as of 7:30 am. today;
 Precipitation last "A hours none. Total precipitation this month 0.66 inch.
 Temperatures last A hours: highest -6, lowest 20.
 Sunrise at 7:55 am, sunset at 4:38 pm.
 Comparative data: Tempera- lures one year ago today: highest 38, lowest 21.
 Extreme temperatures on this day since 1907: lowest -29 in 1907, highest 38 in 1947.
 Data for other selected stations ac of 7.20 m today.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-16

With its gardens it hopes to be self sustaining community before too long.
 MT. Dahlstrom says he likes Alaska and hopes to have the o2- portunity of returning again.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-16

Development of Americas un- forested land was long delayed by the mistaken belief that land which did not support trees could not grow crops.
The Nome nugget., 1948-02-16
Chinese Reds Hold Four U. s. Marines

Continued from Page One' said the last word they received from their son was at Christmas, when he wrote telling of his ex- pected furlough. He sent gifts of roses, a recording and photo graph of him and four buddies. The four were captured by the Reds at the same time as Brayton but still are alive.
 Young Brayton was born in New York City. His father, a vet eran of the first world war, has been living at Fort Jay on Gov ernor's Island in New York Bay and is a civilian electrician there.
 In addition to the son, the Bray tons have one daughter, Mrs. Car olyn Whitmore, 20, Washington, D. C.
 SHANGHAI, tP)-The Chinese Communists demand a neutral go-between to arrange a barley for release of four American ma mines they hold captive.
 This information was taken to Tsingtao by wartime intelligence officer, capt. John Bristow, who met the Reds in the little Shan tung port of Haiyang two weeks ago.
 A reliable informant told this story today:
 Bristow landed from an Ameri- can destroyer in a small boat. He met a communist spokesman on the beach. The American, who speaks Chinese we'll, was told the four marines were safe and well. He asked for their immediate transfer to the ship. The commun- ists replied that this. would have to be arranged by "a neutral dele gate"
 Bristow, 28, is from Santa Bar bara, Calif.
 Adm. Charles M. Cooke, Jr., commander of U. s. naval forces in the western Pacific, and U. s. Ambassador John Leighton Stuart are scheduled to meet in Nanking within 24 hours to discuss the next step.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-04
ABSENTEE BALLOTS IN
 HEAVY DEMAND. KETCHIKAN

So heavy was the demand for absentee ballots at Ketchikan that the U S. Commissioner there wired Juneau for an additional supply Between 30 and 50 al- ready have been cast Particular interest was in the separate ballot slip, the fish trap referendum.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-04
spy WITNESSES MAY BE CITED ON
 CONTEMPT CHARGE
CBy The Associated Press)

Representative John Mcdowell of Pennsylvania has recommended that five more spy witnesses be cited for contempt of Congress-t hree of them associated with Henry Wal lace's Progressive party.
 A House subcommittee has already asked for a contempt citation against Steve Nelson, Communist party organizer in Pennsylvania, who has refused to answer the house committees questions
 Mcdowell now wants similar ac- tion taken against Lee Pressman, Nathan Witt and John Apt, all for mer government lawyers now as soeiated with the Progressives, as well as former government employ ees Nathan Gregory Silvermaster and Victor Perlo.
 All six men have refused to an- swer questions asout their political affiliations on grounds that the Fifth Amendment to the Constitu- ton permits a witness to decline to give testimony that will incriminate him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-04
BIG LABOR
 SPLIT, B.(.
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
 There is move to split the British Columbia region of the h. ternational Woodworkers of Amer ica, away from its international CIO utilization. The executive council of the British Columbia re- zion voted yesterday in Vancouver for the division. f
 District Vice President Harold Fritchett said that further func- tioning of the IVA in the province has been made impossible. He based this conclusion on refusal of U. s. Immigration Service officers to per- init the districts representatives to attend the unions international convention in Portland October II.
 Thirty-three of the unions Brit ish Columbia representative were reported to have been turned back at the border last week. Those lar red included seven women. In Se- attle, District Immigration Director Raphael Bonham said the entry of the B was not considered in the Lest interests of the United States.
 There are 10000 members of the IVA in British Columbia. Pritchett says these woodworkers will form a new union to be called the Wood- workers Industrial Union of Canada.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-04
SUlLY COMDlEIES WORK, MOHAWK
 CARPET SCHOOL
Says Juneau Has Weaih CT fhaf Makes California
 JeaIous" Returns Here

Henry Sully, accompanied by his wife. returned to Juneau via Pan American World Airways last Sat urday, after having completed a combined business and vacation trip through the Pacific Coast states.
 Leaving in mid-July, their des- tinarion. had been Hollywood and Los Angeles, where Sully attended a school conducted ty the Mohawk Carpet Mills of Amsterdam, New York
 weather reports reaching the movie capital from Juneau lndl- cated. according to Henry, a mlld summer season of such pleasantness as to make the Los Angeles Cham Lsr of Commerce cohorts extremely jealous. because the California ther- mometers hit the ceiling at l05 de- grees through the sizzling heat wave of August.
 In the school devoted to tech niques of carpet laying and inter for decorations. Sully was the only representative from the Territory and reports having received con- siderable instruction of value.
 While there the Sullys were house guests for two weeks of former Ju- nsau res. dents, MT. and Mrs. John Young, now Of Glendale, Calf.
 Enroute back to Juneau, Sully made arrangements for several new lirss of carpets, rugs and furni- ture. He commented upon the great advance made in the Pacific North west. particularly in the fabrica- ton and manufacture of furniture ct upholstered types.
 In fact. he remarked, Westerners have finally come to realize that It is no longer necessary to go back to Eastern markets for quality furn!- ture since the new woodworking empire of the Pacific Coast has reached mature development.
 Progress is seen all along the Pacific. he concluded, and the pres ent upheaval in shipping is giving great impetus to freight hauling to Alaska by smaller charter boats. Notwithstanding all the glamour or Hollywood, Sully said they were glad to get back home.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-04
FINAL SERVICES FOR
 MERLE DENNIS TO BE
 TUESDAY AFTERNOON

Final services for Merle Dennis, who passed away last Wednesday will be held tomorrow afternoon at o'clock in the Chapel of the Charles w. Carter Mortuary. The service will t'e conducted by Ray mond Beach, Chaplain of the Afford Jchn Bradford Post of the Ameri- can Legion. During the service, Mrs. Norman Kelly will sing two selec- tions Members of the American Legion will te pallbearers and in- telment will be in the American Legion plot of Evergreen Cemetery. Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct the graveside ceremony.
 MT. Dennis, who was 39 years old, was born in Troy, Montana. He was a cook by profession and was vet eran of World War II.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-04
I(kE5 CALLS
 ON TRUMAN
 DURING DAY
tBy The Associated Press)

tBy The Associated Press)
 A dramatic meeting is scheduled in the White House today. The man who calls himself the old Cur mudgeonr Harold Ickes-will go calling on President Truman.
 The meeting is causing all kinds of interest in Washington, for the men have not met in several years and for a reason.
 It is well remembered how Ickes broke with MT. Truman over the so-called "Pauley incident" in Feb ruary of l946.
 Ickes, then Secretary of the h. terior, testified against the Pres dents nomination of Edwin Pauley to De Undersecretary of the Navy, and the President later said that Ickes could have been wrong. Ickes then sent in bis resignation. After it had been accepted, in terse note devoid of the usual words of praise, Ickes said he wanted to hold no job under MT Truman's jurisdic- tion
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-04
PUBLIC WELFARE STAFF MEMBEes
 MET, CONFERENCE
Firsi Session in Two Years Being Held Federal
 Funds Pay for If

Department of Public Welfare staff members are assembling III Juneau this week for thsir fifst conference in two years. Federal funds through the U. s. Children Ei,reau and Bureau of Public As distance of the Federal Security Agency are making possible the con- ference this year, it was explained by R. G. Maynard, Director of the Department.
 District Workers, Mrs. Margaret Hafemeister, Anchorage, Miss Paul line Patchin, Fairbanks; and M sS Nan Blaha, Ketchikan, are due to arrive today. Also arriving Will De Miss Ruth Cameron, Anchorage, ana Mrs. Phoebe Anne Virgin, Ketchl- kan, Child Welfare Service Workers.
 Already here is Miss Nancy Cam erop, Child Welfare Service Work CT. Anchorage. Miss Sadie Bllils' Acting Child Welfare Service work CT Juneau, entered on duty re- eentlv. Arriving Saturday was Mrs Elsie Homstad District Worker TOT the Juneau office. Mrs. Homstao ills the position left vacant follow .ng the resignation of Mrs Emmett Eotelho, nee Harriet l. Tieszeh.
 Tie conference is called to de- veloo standards and procedures II connection with the operation oi Iii' public welfare, programs, ana e' discuss and plan means of meetms social problems throughout Alaska Attending from Washington, D. c. will be Miss sara James, Fleid Rep resentative Bureau of Public AS sistance, Federal Security Agency
 Other staff members in attend ance will be Miss Alice Brandebury Director of the Division ot Socla Services: Miss Elizabeth Mosher Child Welfare Services Consultan' for the agency, and Mss Erma Wainner. District Worker CentIa Office The conference commences Wednesday, october 6.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-04
SpAIN'S BAN ON AMERICAN MOVIE
 E QUESTIONED
lBy The Associated Pressl


 More controversy has developed in the dispute over Spain's ban on u.e nnlelacan film "Gentleman's Aereement." The film deals with the problem of anti-Semetism in American life. Several days ago a New York Times dispatch said the tan resulted from an order by the ecclesiastial representative on the Spanish board of film censors.
 According to a source close to the board said the Times, the banning order stipulated that while it was a Christian duty to 'stimu- late love among individuals, socie- ties, nations and peoples, this should not extend to the Jews
 Sharp issue is taken with this statement by the president of the Spanish censorship board, Gabriel Garcia Espina. He asserted that the Times version of the incident amounts to calumny. He quoted the ecclesiastical representative as say ing that the necessary love of in- dividuals, nations and peoples nat urally" included the Jews. And as for "Gentlemans Agreement" the Spanish censorship chief said the film had been banned because anti Semitism is no problem in Spain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-04
SUPREME COURT NOW IN SESSION.:
 MANY GASES UP
CBy The Associated Pressi

(By The Associated Pressj
 The Supreme Court will go back to work today.
 With the opening of the new term, the Justices are expected to hand down several historical de- cisions on the powers of the House Committee on Un-American Activi- ties and on important labor is- sues.
 Before the court adjourns some nine months hence, it probably will rule on the Committees authority to mpel witnesses to testify whether they are or ever have been mem,ers of the Communist party.
 In the field of labor law, the Supreme Court has agreed to rule on the validity of state bans on closed shops those that permit the hiring of union members only.
 Today's session of the Supreme Court was devoted mainly to ocen- ing formalities.