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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
UNITED FISHERMEN |0F COOK INLET WILL HAVE NLRB HEARING

SEATTLE, Dec. 18-tR- The National Labor Relations Board in Seattle will hold hearing January 10 at 10 am. on a petition by the United Fishermen of Cook Inlet tAFL) for collective bargaining election among resident fishermen and allied workers in Cook Inlet area.
 Ed Coester, Seattle representa- tive of the Seafarers' International Union, of which the AFL group IS affiliated. said more than 300 workers are concerned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
SHIP LOSES
 4ea q pR0pELL0R OFF ALASKA


 SEATTLE, Dec. l8.-tR-- T e steamer Maria Stathatos, Greek freighter, radioed last night she had lost her propeller $50 miles southeast of Adak in the Aleut- ians.
 The master of the helpless vessel reported she was in no immediate danger Weather in the area was good.
 The Navy at Adak offered assist ance. The master of the vessel said he would delay asking aid un- til after a check with his firms London and New York offices
 The Navy had tug standing by at Adak for a call.
 It was not known how many persons are aboard the 7,l76-ton vessel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
IRON CURTAIN OF
 SOVIET SIBERIA
 IS PENETRATED
Noted Collier 5 Staff Writ CT Reveals Russian De- ve|opmenfs in Article

In a feature article by Frank IL. Kluckhohn, noted American au-
 thor. former New York Times
 writer and presently a member of
 Golfers staff. Alaskans are told of starling development which may
 well have a bearing on the lives
 of every man, woman and child in the Territory.
 This account. published by Col Hers in their edition of December 18, and titled The Russian Knock
 on Alaska's Door," is one which
 may influence national policy with regard to the defense structure of Alaska
 Coldest front in the cold war is
 Alaska Boring Strait separates two seas. two hemispheres, two diff ferent days-and the two worlds Iof Soviet Siberia and American Alaska.
 Tn Siberia the Russians arc pouring five times more money and men than ever before in history to build air bases aimed at our in dustrial heart.
 In Alaska our defenses are be. ing abandoned! A few thousand Red paratroopers could capture any of our bases.
 The danger of this situation i.
 sharply outlined by the author
 who is one of the few men tC learn the alarming extent of So- viet activity behind it's Siberian , Iron Curtain.
 H. R. VanderLeest, owner of the Butler Mauro Drug Co.,, distribu- tors in Juneau for the CroWell-
 Collier Publishing Company, said today that he regarded this ar ticle as one of the outstanding contributions of the year in &C., curately reporting the Alaska scene so frequently glamorized and dis torted by the 'round-tripper tour ! ist" who makes a 30-day excursion of a few port towns and ther writes a book on Alaska. Kluck, holm. he added, has a fundamental knowledge of the subject and what he has written should not only Dc tread but needed. MT. VanderLeest concluded
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
ALLEN 5HATTUCKS END LONG VACATION, STATES AND MEXICO

MT and Mrs. Allen Shattuck re.
 turned on the Princess Norah fol- lowing three and half months vacation in which they visited most of the Southern States and MeX.co. Tn all, the Shattucks drove l4,750 miles and report that they didn't have one dull day in then entire travels
 Their daughter Virginia, who re- sides in San Rafael, California. ae- companied her parents on the trip and was official driver.
 They started out from Seattle on August 27 and drove in southerly direction, stopping to visit in Salt Lake City, Zion National Park, and all other points of interest along the way. Enroute to Savannah.
 Georgia, they drove through the Ozarks and the Great Smokies and
 camped beside the Swanee River
 one night
 {, From Georgia they continued to Florida driving to Key West. On
 their return trip west they followed the southern coast route and stopped at New Orleans.
 The Shattucks spent nearly a
 month in Mexico. Among the cities they visited were Monterrey, Mexico City, Cuernayaca, and Taxco. They visited the famed seaside resort at ] Acapulco and report that the heat
 was terrific and that as Alaskans 1 they had hard time appreelating i the resort
 They visited Paracutin. an active volcano which erupted violently five years ago and covered an area Of two miles with lava. As the Shat tucks were inspecting the site, the volcano began to erupt and masses i, of lava and molten rock poured out ot the crater, down the sides of the mountain.
 Leaving Mexico. they drove through Laredo, Texas and visit ed Carlsbad Cayerns in that state in California they stopped at Palm 1 Springs, Santa Barbara, and San | Francisco. In Santa Barbara they visited with Mrs. Emma Cobo and , her son Lang, former Juneau resi-
 dents
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
CHINA WAR TAXING ON
 NEW TURN
Peiping May Be Spared Agony of Battle -Situd-
 lion at Nanking Worse
(By The Associated Press,

The Chinese Nationalist com mander in North China pledged a fight to the death for Peiping. A strong belief persists, however, that the historic city will be spared the agony of battle. Firing around the city died down during the night.
 Government military sources said encircling Chinese Communists had withdrawn from points close to Peiping These informants estimat- ed Communist casualties in Fri days fighting at more than 5000. The figure probably was an ex- aggeration.
 Markings military position grew worse. Nationalist defense head quarters was being pulled back from Pengpu. l05 miles northwest of Ranking, to Chuhsien, only 30 miles northwest of the capital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
U. HAWAII TAXES
 WALL0piNG FROM NEVADA W0LFpACK

HONOLULU, Dec. 18.-lR-Nevada University's Wolfpack ran wild last night, tearing up the University Of Hawaii RainboWs, 73 to 12-the 1s- Handlers worst football shellacking
 And it wasn't a one-man show by Nevada's great passer, Stan Heath, as everyone had expected. Heath, the nations number one passer, performed brilliantly, hut he tossed only two paydirt passes.
 The whole Nevada squad figured in the big score, which began to pile up in the first two minutes with 66-yard march to the Ha- waiian goal
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
The W ashinqton Merry Go Round
Rv DREW PEARSON
,Copyr,ght, i948. by The Bell Syndicate.
 Incl

WASHINGTON = It isn't being advertised, but one high offlclal who frowned on the prosecution of Jap war lords was the top man in the Army Department-Secre- tay of the Army Kenneth Royal
 When Joesph B. Keenan, patrlo- tic attorney who spent two years of his life as war-crimes prosecu- tor in Tokyo, reported to Royall the other day, the Secretary of the Army stated flatly that he was dead opposed to war-crimes prose- cution.
 Suppose something should hap pen in Berlin to cause war, ar gued Royal. "The Russians might shoot General Clay as a war crim- inal-if we set this precedent"
 They probably would, replied Keenan. Those are the risks that brave men take.
 But" continued Keenan. when
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
YAKUTAT WEDDING

Word is received from Yakutat of the marriage of Annie Ducke and George Johnson, town marshal. Both are residents of Yakutat. The couple were united on November 21, by United States Commission CT James E. Porter. Witnesses to the ceremony were MT. and Mrs. Joe B. Collier, also of Yaku- tat, and formerly of Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
BARBER RITES

Funeral services for Chet Barber, longtime resident of Aux Bay, Will be held Monday afternoon at Z o'clock in the Chapel of the Charl- es w. Carter Mortuary. Adjt. Henry Lorenzen will conduct the services and interment will be in the Evergreen Cemetery.
 For the past Is years, Barber had lived in a cabin on the Ralph Reischl property on Fritz Cove
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
LIQUOR LICENSES

Having been instructed to issue all regular licenses, J. w. (BilD Leivers. Clerk of the District Court, plans to issue permits to Juneauites applying for renewal of liquir li- censes. These will be issued Mon- day, subject to the Courts approv- al
 No licenses will be issued by him for new locations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
OPEN HOUSE AT JEEp
 CLUB SUNDAY p. M.

First large event for the week that has Christmas as its climax will be the holiday open house to- morrow at the Jeep Club, for " F. w. members and their guests.
 The festive party, for which a three-piece orchestra will play, IS scheduled from 4:30 to 7:30 o'clock The half-hour from 5:30 to { o'clock will he broadcast.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
vARNESS ON VACATION

MT and Mrs. Ingvald Varness eft aboard the Princess Norah for months vacation in the States. They will spend the Christmas holidays with MT. and Mrs. Ture Holm and family ill Seattle. Later they and Mrs. Varness will travel to Phoenix, Arizona Mrs. Varness' sister, Mrs. George Hill. and her brother Robert Fleek, reside in Phoenix.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
ROBBERS AS SANTA MAKE
 $2,2oo HAUL

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Dec. 18.- R-Three men wearing Santa Claus masks visited Eli Hackeney, opera tor of the Hackeney Boat Yard, last night, but they left no gifts for him.
 Instead, he told State Police, they drew guns, forced him to hand over S2,20O from a small safe and escaped in automobile after ripping out telephone wires.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
Important Witness Subpoenaed in Spy Gas
COUNCIL VOTES FOR OPERATION
 OF CITY DOCK

The City of Juneau will operate it's own dock starting February | when the lease cancellation of the Alaska Transportation Company be- comes effective. The municipal cock has been under lease since 1883.
 Such was the unanimous decis- ion last evening of the Juneau City Council. whose members vot- ed to obtain James F. Church former agent of the company, as wharfinger.
 Church was asked to prepare a report on maintenance and opera tion costs. with recommendations for the use of the buildings.
 Last nights session. the last reg ular meeting of 1948, dealt with a variety> of subjects.
 Space arrangements were dis cussed for the new Juneau Air port Administration Building a matter of vital importance, as the City has less than 60 days to meet the payments. The application of Alaska Coastal Airlines for office space was granted for the only small area remaining-inadequate, but of necessity satisfactory to all parties.
 Two members of special com miJtee from the United Trollers of Alaska were present to have several points clarified relating to the proposed wiring of the Small Boat Harbor
 Ralph Morrensen, skipper of the Totem, and Roger Bailey, whose boat is the Janice, expressed themselves as pleased with the ar rangements-esp especially after assur- ance that deposits would be re- funded if metered bills were paid, circumstance which seems to be unusual in some parts of South east Alaska.
 The Council recommended to the Boat Harbor committee enforce ment of the ordinance requiring registration of boat-owners With the harbor master.
 J. Malcolm Creamy, president Of the Scatter Water System, with Joe Mclean, attorney, presented problems of Scatter Tract resi- dents in obtaining water. Mclean pointing out that by its fran chise. the Juneau Water Company is obligated to provide this utility to every dwelling within the city limits.
 The Council voted to have the committee on fire, water, health and sanitation bring in a report at the next meeting Members of this committee are J. A. Thibodeau, Edward Nielsen and George Jor- genson.
 The one application for a l949 liuuor license on which the Coun- cil had not taken action the pre- vious week was considered, mem bers giving their approval to the application by the Veterans o1 Foreign Wars for the Jeep Club.
 The Council also approved the transfer of the California Liquor Store license from John Marino- vich to A. T. and Eva Nygard.
 The Council voted an indefinite postponement of the Alaska Elec- tric Light and Power rate hearing at the request of the company for more time to prepare statistics bas- ed on full year, rather than eight months.
 Council members approved a list of judges and clerks for the spec ial hond election to be held on Tuesday, January II.
 Judges will be Mrs. Beatrice Albegoff, Mrs. Robert Burns and Mrs. Gudmund Jensen; clerks, Grant Baldwin and Mrs. Eva Ny gard.
 The next regular meeting of the City Council will be Friday, Jan uary '.
 Edward $. Nielsen, senior Coun- cilman, presided in the absence of Mayor Waino Hendrickson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
THOUGHTFUL ROBBERS

MEDICINE HAT, Alta, Dec. 18.- -Safecrackers robbed lumber company safe here yesterday of $500.
 They used a welding outfit stolen from another company to do the job. Then they returned the weld ing tools, remembering also to nail up the door they had broken open to get them.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
RIO DE. JANEIRo- Hard work

RIO DE. JANEIRO- Hard work ing teams of soldiers. sanitation men and Red Cross workers are laboring at top speed to help the thousands Of persons made home less by floods. The raging waters have inundated the states of Rio De Janeiro and Minas Gerais. Dis patches from Brazil list BIO known dead. and hundreds of persons are listed as missing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18

LOS ANGELES The ocean still is battering at Redondo Beach today-the spot where sever al houses were smashed yesterday and twenty people driven from their homes during storm. The high waves also left about 200 per- sons without heat. water or light.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18

WASHINGTON All government controls in the use of oil soon may be lifted. The acting director of the Interior Departments oil and Gas Division, Robert Friedman, says that unless there is serious emergency. there should be plenty of petroleum for everybody this winter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
HOCKEY GAMES

Final scores of games played last night in the Pacific Coast Hockey league are as follows:
 Oakland B. Fresno l.
 New Westminster 5; Vancouver 4.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Denali from Seattle, scheduled to arrive Sunday midnight or Mon- day noon, it all depending on Wrangell Narrows tide.
 Alaska, from Seattle, scheduled to arrive late Monday.
 Baranof, from west, scheduled southbound T am. Monday
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver December 30.
 FROM FAIRBANKS
 Joe Ramstad of Fairbanks is at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
SHREVEPORT, La.

SHREVEPORT, La. Z A BPS bomber fell into pasture 75 miles southeast of here yesterday, ex- ploded and killed five airmen and two Navy hitchhikers. The plane was blown to bits and shattered Christmas gifts filtered the ground.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
WEATHER REPORT
GU. 6. WEATHER BUREAU

This data is for 24-hour per- iod ending 6:3c am. PSF. In Juneau Maximum, 37; minimum, 33.
 At Airport Maximum, 35' minimum, 33.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-18
F o R E c A s T
Duncan and Vicinity

 } Cloudy with occasional light } rain or snow this afternoon } and Sunday. Highest tenn perature near 38 degrees this afternoon and lowest } tonight near freezing. , PRE CIPI A T o N , tPast 24 houis ending 7:3o am. today In Juneau 2.2l inches; , since Dec. 1, 3.04 inches since July l, 69.61 inchess ) At Airport IT inches; } since Dec. 1, 138 inches; } since July l, 47.25 inches.
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Evening star., 1948-08-29
u. N.
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pilot Of the plane was hurt. His
name was not learned here.
The bullet-riddled plane landed
at the GAIA Airf1eld, but. it was not
known whether it was hit In flight
or whether it had made an emer-
gency landing and then was fired
on, the U. N. announcement said.
The victims were 1t. Col. Joseph
Queru, so, and Capt. Pierre Jaennel
%. Col. Queru was shot in the
chest. Capt. Jaennel, a member o1
the French Air Force, was hit in
the right temple.
Sergt. Noble Brown, A United
States Air Force flight engineer, ar
rived at the GAIA Airfield in an
other U. N. plane a few minutes
later. On his return to Haifa, he
told U. N. officials he saw the plane
being wheeled from the runway and
that it had bullet holes in the
fuselage and windows.
Jewish sources here said Israelis
in the GAIA area claimed they saw
the plane apparently being shot
down." GAIA is in the center of
the GAIA strip" given the Arabs
under the U. N. partition plan. The
nearest Israeli army position is
seven miles inland.
U. N. officials will send a team
from Haifa to GAIA tomorrow for
an on-the-spot inquiry.
Gn Jerusalem Israeli sources
said a French U. N. observer was
wounded in Arab shelling on
Mount Zion. There was no U. N.
confirmation. ..
(The Israelis said Arab gun
and mortar fire was directed at
various Jewish suburbs and mill
tary positions this morning and
last night. The Jews returned
the Arab fire and injured "at
least four Arabs" a communique
Sai6
Evening star., 1948-08-29

lent crisis TO explode despite these
conditions:
Vital talks on world peace are
going on In Moscow. where ths
French ambassador now finds him.
self without . government back Of
him. -
2France Is to play host to the
United Nations General Assembly
in Paris In three weeks.
1France, In the words Of former
Finance Minister Paul Reynaud, "is
on the edge Of q financial and eco.
nomic abyss"
Communists Make Claims.
The Communists, as usual, claimed
the right to be taken into any new
government that was formed. The
Communists could rightly claim that
they themselves-by indirect pres
sure-had toppled Mr.. Marie, but
they were almost certain to be kept
out in the cold.
The cabinet observation-disclosures
disagreement on whether to give
labor 10 to is per cent wage in
creases. Communist Union Leader
Alain Leleap was quick to boast
"the discomfort Of the working
classes Is so deep that 1t has forced
the resignation Of two governments
In month"
Paris Presse observed that the
wage issue was only q pretext, add.
ing:
In reality the premier had
grouped around the green-topped
ministerial table men who were
agreed on nothing"
Evening star., 1948-08-29
Probe
Continued From First Page.

sity of running the risk that few
innocent people may be temporarily
embarrassed or the risk that l40,-
100000 innocent Americans may be
permanently enslaved"
Continues Fight With Truman.
A section, headed obstructive tao
tics by White House. carried on the
running battle between the COM
mittee and President Truman, who
has labelled the committees spy
probe a red herring"
The committee declared its espio-
mage investigation has been ham
pered at every turn" by the refusal
of Government agencies to turn
over loyalty and employment rec
ords of suspected members of spy
rings. The agencies have refused
to supply the information on the
basis of an executive order from
Mr.. Truman. The committee said
the order creates IAN unwholeSome
an unwise and an unsafe situation.
The committee said it "deplores
the fact that the executive branch
of the Government will in no way
aid the committee in its efforts Il
protect the national security from
those who are doing everything they
can to undermine and destroy it."
In criticizing the arbitrary &C
ton" of the executive agencies, th'
committee said if they had CO.
operated. the public would nov
have full information concerning
all the ramifications of the espio
mage rings"
Attorney General Clark also cam,
In for a share of the committee
attack. The committee called OF
him to enforce existing laws agains
Communist conspirators "withou
Evening star., 1948-08-29
Boiling 10 Be a Target
InLong-Range Strike
By 50 B.29s Sept. 1S

Boiling Air Force Base will be
one Of the targets OF the greatest
global flight demonstration In the
history Of the Air Force or Septem-
ber 18 to mark its first anniversary
as q separate service.
During an air show lasting from
II am. until Z pm. the Air Force
will bring in two of its B-29 bomb
ers nonstop from Furtenfeldbruck,
Germany, a flight OF 1910 miles.
Fifty B-2s Superfortresses viii
fly to the United States from dis
tant parts Of the Northern Hemis-
phere in the demonstration. Two Of
the giant heavy bombers will be in
each Of the flights to q number Of
Air Force bases in the Continental
United States. The flights will vary
from $500 miles to $500. The long
est will be from Misawa, Honshu
Island, Japan, to Wold- Chamberlain
Field. Minneapolis.
Planes will take of from Anchor
age, Alaska; Terceira Island, the
Azores; BARRIERS Point, Hawaii; Ke-
flavic, Iceland; Goose Bay, Labra-
dor; Shemya, Aleutian Islands; st.
George, Bermuda; Misawa, Japan,
and Furstenfeldbruck.
They will land at Montgomery,
Ala; Birmingham, Ala; San An
tonic, Tex, Charleston, w. Va: Mil
waukee, Wise: Cleveland. st. Louis,
Omaha, Nebr., Cincinnati, New Or
leans, Buffalo, Chicago, Pittsburgh,
Dallas, Boise, Idaho; San Rafael,
Calf: Los Angeles, Riverside. Calf. i;
New York, Boston, Detroit, Seattle,
Baltimore and Minneapolis In addi-
ton to the Boiling Air Base land
| ings.
Evening star., 1948-08-29
DC. Boy Scouts 10 End TouI
OF Quantico Base TODAY

The 200 Boy Scout seniors from
Washington visiting the Marine
Corps School at Quantico, Va, will
bring their three-day tour of the
base to a close today. A talk by
Maj. Gen. L. G. Shepherd, jr, will
end the visit.
During their stay the scouts saw
elements of the 22nd Marines stage
attacks on fortified position occu-
pied by simulated enemy force
from the same group. Tanks, bazoo-
kas. machine guns and flame throw
ers were used during the two-hour
show. .....
The scouts also fired on the pistol
range and sailed skiffs at the post
docks. They also witnessed dem
onstration Of landing operations
here.
Evening star., 1948-08-29

STOCKHOLM, Aug. % (P.-
Count Folke Bernadotte said to.
night he takes "a very serious view
of the death of two United Nation.
representatives in Palestine. HI
said Col. Queru had been an OBJ
server in both the first truce and tn,
second truce and had been doing ar
excellent Job.
Evening star., 1948-08-29
Card Player Wins on Draw

BILLINGS, Mont. (P. - George
Ferris, 80, drew a six-month jail
sentence when he made too good a
draw" in a poker game. Fellow
players complained that Ferris drew
loaded pistol and played the rest
of the evening with his cards in
one hand and the pistol in the
other. Ferris said he had gone
broke the previous night. Other
players told the court Ferris showed
phenomenal skill and luck" and
won about 500 after drawing the
pistol.
Evening star., 1948-08-29

Washington last night from a man
who identified himself as a Mr.
Conn"
HE said he once rented a place
to Mr.. Hiss in Washington and knew
him we'll" Mr.. Mundt asserted
That's worth tracing, too"
MIR. Mundt, a member of the
House committee, said the contro.
versy between Whitaker Cham
bers and Alger Hiss now has mar
rowed down to whether they knew
each other as Communists and
whether Mr.. Hiss knew Mr.. Cham
bers as George Crosley.
II will not pre-judge the case
Mr.. Mundt said, "but the burden OF
proof is now upon Mr.. Hiss, whereas
it was upon Mr.. Chambers at the
beginning of the hearings"
Evening star., 1948-08-29
Paris
Continued From First Page.)


cialists over the military budget
wrecked his middle road coalition.
Mr.. Ramadier, a Socialist, served
in the post just before Mr.. Schu-
man.
Helped on Breton Agreement.
Mr.. Mendes-France, a Radical
Socialist economic expert, is a for
mer Minister of National Economy
He helped write the Breton Woods
agreement and represented France
at various international monetary
conferences and at the United Ma
tions.
Whoever is chosen will have the
same task as has faced all postwar
premiers-cementing a coalition gov
eminent among leaders of various
Evening star., 1948-08-29
SO Hurt in Collision
Involving DC Bound Bus
By fhe Associoied Pre,s

TbT ms NsSoeIdsed FTeS3
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. o.
Thirty -eight persons were injured
today in a collision between two
buses.
Police said a New York-to-Wash-
ington Greyhound bus ploughed
into a Philadelphia Transportation
Co. bus as it made a left turn off
Roosevelt boulevard at Southampton
road.
The Greyhound was loaded to
capacity and the PTC bus was well
filled, police said The injured were
treated at two hospitals and dis
charged.