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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
BIG GOLD
 SHIPMENT
 IS5T0LEN
Between Twenty and Ihir- ty Armed Bandits, Dis
 qaiisod qaisodd, Make Aa'A Aaa'sA

BANGKOK, May F. = R-The Criminal Investigation Division an nounced between 20 and 30 armed bandits today stole an international gold shipment valued at $2,000,0o0,
 The shipment was enroute to Ma cao from India on a KIM tDutch) plane that stopped at Bangkok over- night.
 The bandits, disguised as Siamese police and soldiers. halted truck carrying 12O.O0o grams of gold to the Customs House for safe keeping.
 Nine guards were handcuffed.
 The bandits escaped.
 International air traffic from Bangkok was suspended until noon while police searched planes to pre- vent the gold being flown abroad.
 Dragnets were formed throughout the city.
 Police later recovered $200,0 worth of gold. A sergeant driving through Khao Dhin Park came across a group of men in a truck dividing gold from three boxes. They fled in nearby car, leaving the boxes containing the metal. Still missing are 35 boxes.
 The stolen gold was supposed to have gone out yesterday, but the KIM plane was delayed. Police said a robberty attempt had been plan ned for yesterday because a group of men was seen in the same place where the gold truck was ambushed today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
TRUMAN ASKED TO
 ACTFAv0RABLE ON
 HAWAII AIR ROUTE


 SEATTLE, May 12- -R-President Truman was asked today to "act favorably forthwith" on the Pacific Northwest's application for direct air service to Hawaii. The request was made by the Northwest Hawaii air route com- mittee headed by Darwin Meisnest, Seattle.
 The committee action asserted the northwest is being discriminated against. and that II western states, including California. have approved the northwest route. California is the takeoff point for 30 scheduled trips. the resolution said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
RACE SEGREGATION
 DEMAND OF CHURCH


 COLUMBIA. 5. C., May 12.--tR- Total race segregation is the will of God and must be maintained. the General Conference of the Southern Methodist Church declar- ed today.
 Delegates from six Southern States adopted a resolution outlin- ing the view, making it part and parcel of the discipline of the church."
 The church is composed of con- gregations that refused to join in the union of Northern and South ern Methodist churches several years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12

 MOVE IS Up
 TO S0vIETS
Marshall Declares Settle ment of Problems Un
 10 United Naiioi:.;

i WASHINGTON. May l2.--tRi--- Secretary of State Marshall said today that if Russia is seriously interested in improving world con- ditions there is urgent need for action through the United Nations.
 In news conference statement, Marshall ruled out the possibility of direct two nation settlement on general problems between the United States and Russia.
 Marshall said in the statement l that Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith had not asked Soviet Min ister Molotov for any general dis cussion or negotiation
 Molctov had said that Smith proposed discussion and negotiation and publicly announced that Russia had accepted. That was in a world startling Russian broadcast Monday night tMoscow time).
 We have had long and bitter experience with such efforts,' ;
 
 Marshall said
 This government had no inten- ton of entering into bi-lateral ne- gotiations with the Soviet govern ment on matters relating to the interests of other goyefnments-
 The discussion of any proposals in regard to outstanding issues which the Soviet government may have in mind, must, as matter of course, be conducted in the body charged with responsibility for these questions.
 This was a clear reference to the United Nations and to the various allied bodies set up during and after the war for handling such problems as the future of Germany and Austria.
 Marshall then presented the positive side of the American atti- tude. He asserted that what we want is action in the fields where action is possible and urgently necessary at the present time"
 He specified issues before the United Nations Security Council and other LIN agencies, such as the Korean situation, as well as Ger man issues before the Allied Con- trol Council ill Berlin and Aus trian treaty negotiations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
SPEAKING TOUR
 E SPARED BY
 HENRY WALLACE

NEW YORK, May l2-IR-Henry A. Wallace said today that he be- lieves he will receive more votes than the polls seem to indicate" :"
 Wallace left hy plane for Detro- it, first stop on a transcontinental speaking tour. Asked by reporters how many votes he expected to receive, he replied:
 T wouldn't guess. It's getting better all the time and will be in excess of what the polls seem to indicate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
COMMUNITY CENTER NIGHT
 AGAIN AT TEEN-AGE CLUB

Last nigl,t's community center" at the Teen-Age Club seemed to be so popular with the visiting Navy men that it has been decided to have second one tonight.
 The clubhouse will be open from g o'clock until midnight
 Any adults not otherwise busy are invited to go down and help entertain the fellows from the As- toria.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12

WASHINGTON Arab leaders have been meeting secretly to plan for the invasion of Palestine, and some of them are not too happy They don't particularly trust King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan, the cen tral figure of the proposed invas- ion
 King Farouk of Egypt, Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, and the Syrian government fear Abdullah will pro- mote his own greater-Syrian ambi- tions by annexing part of Pales- tine for himself and then quit These fears were increased by a recent secret meeting at Amman between Abdullah and his nephew Prince Abdul-Ilah, the Regent of Iraa. Arab leaders have also got wind of a secret British under standing with Abdullah, giving Jordan permanent corridor of the Mediterranean, in the vicin- ity of Gaza.
 Final agreement on Arab invas- ion plans was reached at a secret meeting at Serka. Trans-Jordan, on April g, attended by representa- tives of all the Arab states and the Arab Higher Committee, in- cluding the Mufti The main
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12

 BOY TO INHERIT
 BIG ESTATE NOW

SPOKANE, May 12 -tR-The four -year-old son of Mrs. Caroline Leuthold Carnahan will inhert the bulk of his dead mothers $389.053 estate inventory listed more than $2oO,0oo in partnership interests in the family lumber holdings and $l30,000 in stocks and bonds.
 The boy, John Leuthold Fitzger- aid, is in the care of MT. and Mrs. J D. Luethold, an uncle and aunt, at Deer Park, Washington.
 Mrs. Chrnahan died Feb. l. 1947
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL

The Juneau lSo;-ce Department today issued a warning to those who have been shooting fireworks within the City Limits that such action is against the law. All persons, found violating this City Ordinance will be arrested and prosecuted. Parents are especially warned to caution their children as parents and children may both be prosecuted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
PATROL APPOINTMENTS

The Police Chiefs of Wrangell and Petersburg have been appoint ed as Deputy Territorial Highway Patrolmen by Territorial Highway Commissioner Frank A. Metcalf The officers will serve without sal ary and will represent the Highway Patrol in their areas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
RHODE ISLAND VISITORS

Joseph Fifer and Ernest Clark from Pawtucket, K. l., Leo Sulli- van from Central Falls. k. l.. and Edgar Tetreault from Lansdale. R. L, are in Juneau and staying at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
HEADy RETURNS

L. Aubrey Heady, of the Recon struction Finance Corporation, has returned to Juneau to take over here as Alaska Field Representa- tive while Milford Johnson takes vacation of several weeks. MT. and Mrs. Johnson will leave here via PAA tomorrow
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
. . . . WEATHER REPORT

, tU S WEATHER 5UREAUl , Temperatures for 24-hour period , ending 7:30 th,s morning , In Juneau Maximum. 56,
 , minimum, 39.
 , At Airport Maximum, 55,
 , minimum, 34 , WEATHER FORECAST , tJuneau and Vicinity)
 , Variable clcudiness and not
 , much change in temperature } tonight and Thursday.
 , Temperature at the Air , port today was 59 degrees.
 } PRECIPITATION
 , tPast 24 hours ending 7.3o m. today } Tn Juneau City, Trace; , since May l, 09 inches, , since July l, 8l.53 inches.
 , At the Airport .02 inches,
 , since May l, IT inches, , since July l. 1882 inches.
 } . .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
HERE FROM SEATTLE

MT. and Mrs. K w. Hoyt, c. M. Mill, MT. and Mrs. L. A. Heady and Baxter Felch, all from Se- attle, are now in Juneau and stay ing at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
INTENTION TO WED

Bennie Clement Bell and Alice Bell. both of Juneau, have ap- piled for marriage license from U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
KETCHIKAN VISITORS

E. L. Taylor and Mrs. Mable C.. Pickering, from Ketchikan, are in Juneau and guests at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
FROM ELFIN COVE

Del Milmer and Mrs. George Will jams, both from Elfin Cove, are visiting in Juneau and staying at the Gastineau and Baranof Hotels.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
HERE FROM TULsEQUAH

I. Mcleod and F R. Hussel, both from Tulsequah, are in Juneau and staying al the Gastineau Ho' tel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
GIRLS ASKED TO
 ATTEND DANCES TO
 NAVY TWO NIGHTS

Girls of the Channel area are asked to attend the dances in the Parish Hall tonight and tomorrow night for the visiting Navy men. Dancing will begin at g o'clock and there are large number of Navy men who will need partners,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
wHITEHORsE VISITORS

D. Barker and R. Flatt both from Whitehorse. are staying at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
FROM SUNSET COVE

K E. Krueger from Sunset Cove is in Juneau and is at the Gastin- eau Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
FROM TACOMA

Mae Robbins from Tacoma, is in Juneau and registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

Copyright. ls4s. by The Bell Syndicate
 Inc.)~
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-12

eContinued on Page Fourl
Browning chief., 1948-01-16
THE PAYOFF:
Who'll Paw?

Economy-bitten members of the
house of representatives who Jug
gle billions of dollars with the
aIsomb of a high-wire performer are
at loss as to whom they can stick
for $418 printing bill.
With the dreadful irony that some
times appears to make an embar-
RAISING situation worse, the bill is
for committee report on money
entitled "Money Makes the Mare
Co."
The committee on coinage,
weights and measures ordered the
report two years ago but has since
gone out of existence, hence, can't
be handed the check.
John Mcbride, former clerk of
the committee, drew up the report
but can't be convinced he should
pay for it, maintaining that it wasn't
his fault that it came out "a little
late."
Browning chief., 1948-01-16
2 Current Events !?

Here srs fee questions s0bieb, if yos
taks things like this seriously, should
enable you to start The neiD year tDitb
. beautiful inferiority complex. On tbs
Other band, ii you can ansVer them
you probably .DiH become 50 coneeitsd
that eueryons will bate you.
l. What five nations are repre-.
sented on the U. N. commission
to work out the mechanics Of
setting up Jewish and Arab states
in Palestine?
2. Can you name the capitals
Of these countries in the Arab
league: (a) Saudi Arabia; (b)
Trans-Jordan; (c) Yemen?
8. The senate recently ap-
proved a document which Sem
ator Vandenberg called "the
greatest advance ever made in
the business of collective peace"
What document? Where signed?
4. Two American citizens, Dr..
Carl F. Cori and his wife, DR..
Gerty Cori, received one-half Of
a Nobel prize in 1947. In what
field did they do their research?
S. A new twist in legal proce-
dure turned up when a Nevada
rancher formally filed claim to
the water in all clouds passing
over his ranch. What old prop
erty law might be invoked In this
case?
ANSWERS
l. Bolivia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark,
Panama and the Philippines.
2. (a) Riyadh; (b) Amman; (c) San'a.
3. 1nter.American treaty Of reciprocal
assistance. signed last summer at Rio
de Janeiro by 10 American republics.
4. Physiology and medicine.
s. Law of riparian rights, under which
person owning land bordering a non.
navigable stream owns the bed Of the
stream to the center line and may make
reasonable use of its waters.
Browning chief., 1948-01-16
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Released by WNU Features.
No Distribution Of Wealth

Theorists sent to Japan by WASH
ington have been attempting to dis
tribute the wealth of that SUBJ
iugated country. Their purpose has
been to take from the "haves" and
give to the "have nots." Such efforts
have made it impossible for Japan
to again become self-supporting
and producing nation, and the Amer
lean taxpayers are paying and will
continue to pay the bill.
England and other European
countries are attempting similar
programs, and we must feed them
or they starve. The same thing Is
being agitated by the socialistic the
orists of our own country, without,
I believe, much real consideration
of results.
Dollars represent but a small per-
centage of the wealth of the nation.
Browning chief., 1948-01-16
PANAMA.:
No Bases

Unanimous rejection by Pan
ama's national assembly Of treaty
which would have given the U. S.
the right to lease and man IA mill
tary and airfield sites to defend the
Panama canal not only precipitated
a diplomatic disaster but also left
this nation in the position of fighter
without left hand to guard his jaw.
The action, strongly opposed by
Panama's President Jiminez, left
the U. S. with just one alternative
to pull out-since commitments had
been given that no American troops
would remain in Panamanian terri
tory without sanction of an author
lied treaty.
Military officials later announced
that the withdrawal of some 1000
U. S. soldiers from the IA bases sur
rounding the canal would be begun
Immediately. That meant, probably,
that the troops would be pulled into
the canal zone proper, which the
U. S. leases from Panama.
This was, by all odds, the most
crucial issue to arise in u. Span
anna relations since this country
purchased the canal from France
In 1904. And it was aggravated by
the fact that the inability to man de-
fense bases around the canal left
this most vital point in American
military security dangerously ex-
posed.
Rep. Albert Engel (Rep., Mich.),
chairman of the house appropria-
tons subcommittee on defense,
stated his belief that the national
assembly's 81 to o vote against the
treaty was influenced at least in
part by the Communist movement
In Panama; and he suggested that
the U. S. build new Atlantic-Pa-
cific canal outside Panama if that
nation continued to refuse use of
bases.
There did not appear to be much
chance of further negotiations, how
ever; the assembly's rejection of
the pact probably closed the door on
that course. Some officials were
speculating on whether the problem
might not wind up in the lap of the
United Nations for solution.
Browning chief., 1948-01-16

or similar ventures.
One way to reach that favorable
ratio is to increase Europe's re-
sources. The only other way is to
decrease population. Yet, Burch
pointed out, many European coun.
tries are giving bonuses for larger
families. Today. he said, Europe
literally cannot support her dense
population either by industrializa.
ton or agriculture.
Browning chief., 1948-01-16

Back in the U. s. after attend
ing the United Nations human
rights session in Geneva, Switzer-
land, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt pro-
claimed that the commission, Of
which she was chairman, "did a
very good piece Of work." She ex-
pressed satisfaction with interest
shown by all nations in the discus
sions Of human rights, was
pleased, too, with Russian cooper
alton.
Browning chief., 1948-01-16
BABY RATIONING
BABY RATLONING
Europe's Population Too Dense for Resources

For her own good, Europe should
lose no time in attempting to estab-
lish a favorable ratio Of population
to its feeding resources, observes
Guy Irving Burch, director Of the
population reference bureau.
It is imperative, he said, that
such action be taker before the U. s.
reaches the point where it no longer
can underwrite Europe's material
shortages under the Marshall plan
Browning chief., 1948-01-16
FOURTH BEST:
l947 Crops

U. S. crop production in 1947
turned out to be the fourth largest
on record despite a damaging
drouth that cut the corn yield to the
smallest since 1886, it was indicated
by the agriculture departments
final report of the year.
Total crop volume was exceeded
only in 1912, 1914 and 1916. It was
only Slightly more than l per cent
below the 1946 record.
The departments report shaved
about 2 per cent off the November
estimate for three major grain
crops - corn, wheat and oats - to
tighten further an already short
grain situation and add complica-
tions to the foreign relief program.
Final estimate on corn was 2,4OO,-
$4,000 bushels, or about Al million
less than the November forecast.
This was 26 per cent below the 1916
record of 3,249 $50, 900 and per cent
under the 10-year 193645) average
of 1883, 100000 bushels.
A decline of Al ,842 900 bushels
from the figure quoted in November
was noted in the final wheat esti-
mate of 1864, ,919, 1000 bushels. How
ever, the crop remained the largest
on record, being SO per cent greater
than the l0-year average and 10 per
cent larger than the 1916 harvest.
Browning chief., 1948-01-16
Search for Rese archers

One of the adverse factors devel.
oping to hamper the nations post.
war program Of scientific progress
is a critical scarcity of scientists In
certain branches of military re.
search, government officials have
revealed.
They discount, however, state.
ments that an aversion on the part
Of scientists to working on death.
dealing weapons is the primary
cause Of the shortage.
Browning chief., 1948-01-16

to Army Secretary Kenneth Royal,
there were no spectacular disclo-
sures on the list.
While therei no law against spec
ulation, the current investigations
ordered by congress stem from re-
ports that government officials have
profited from "inside" information
on government commodity buying
plans.
Anderson's 711-name list was the
first installment in a series which
the agriculture secretary will for
ward to the senate appropriations
committee, simultaneously making
each list public. An estimated $4,000
names are available for such list
ing.
Meanwhile the senate appropri-
ations committee, as well as house
committee, were ready to start sift-
ing the rolls for possible irregulari-
ties and especially for leaks of in
side information.
Browning chief., 1948-01-16
SERIAL:
Grain Opera

Secretary Of Agriculture Clinton
Anderson, at the behest of the SEN
ate appropriations committee in
vestigating commodity speculation
on the part of government officials,
came through with the first install
ment of the names" he had prom
ised to name.
There were I'll of them - big
traders in grain and other commodi-
ties. But except for the name of
the man who precipitated the inves-
tigation, Edwin W. Pauley, presiden-
tial advisor and special assistant
Browning chief., 1948-01-16

"Many industrial prices must
come down at least in relation to
other prices and many rates of
profit must subside while reasonable
probability is established in other
areas"
This was a clarion call for a
revival of the old freebooting COM
petition in American industry.
The report surmised that the pres
ent era of prosperity was "abnor-
NAL" because of such factors as
heavy exports, short crops and
great military expenditures. To
remedy the situation the council Of
fered these recommendations:
1 Elimination of deliberate cur
L. tailment of output as practiced
by some labor organizations.
, Discontinuance of the practice
&. of big business of hampering
the development of new, small busi-
nesses.
Z Development of natural re-
-. sources and increase in the in
dustrial facilities of the nation.
Browning chief., 1948-01-16

1eo-A. irrigated, modern home. good i'm
mail route.
lo5-A.. e40 irrigated, modern home, good
improvements. REA power. school bus.
eoo-A., $50 irrigated, . sets improve
ments. REA power. Paid up water
Ca. Irrigated, REA power. school bas.
mail route. fair improvements.
12o-A. irrigated, REA power, school bus
and mail route.
oeee-A. stock and grain ranch, sections
lsassd, l20o-A. farm land, 3oo-A. blus
Joint. 15o-A crested wheat. good I'M
provements.
usyooe-A. stsek Rsaeh, sox leased. ven
vaesred, : ssts. inprovsmsat& Ooo0
Z q CoA1B nsssssl. asssass
Browning chief., 1948-01-16
SPEED:
Supersonic

An American rocket powered
plane has travelled 700 miles an
hour to exceed the speed of sound
for the first time in history of avia-
ton.
According to an article in the
magazine Aviation Week the plane,
designated the XS-1, was flown at
supersonic speeds five timec last
November at the Muroc, Calf,
flight test base.
The report said that the plane en-
countered no air turbulence at the
supersonic speeds, thus exploding
long-standing scientific theory that
as planes appros ched or reached
the speed of sound they would meet
barrier" of sound waves which
would buffet the plane and make it
difficult to control.
Browning chief., 1948-01-16

7h-ton REQ truck. model XHD-ls43.
serial No. 10026, Timkin rear end with
Sd No. $50 Timken axles. 10 lo.x22 12-
ply tires and fifth wheel for trailer and
winch mounted behind cab with approxi-
mately 90 900 pounds capacity. Drives on
both rear axles and additionally equip
ped with wheel drive. 194-inch wheel
base. Five-speed Fuller transmission
with overdrive and underdrive.
Cummins Diesel 200 HIP. supercharged
motor. Condition very good, located at
Great Falls. Montana.
LN-NCORPoRATED
p. o. Boz 1S24 Great Falls, Mont.
Telephone 1894
Browning chief., 1948-01-16

Visitors from St. Niklaas, Bel
GUM, Mr.. and Mrs. George Smet
receive warm welcome from DON
aid E. Blodgett of Evanston, ILL.,,
who owes them a debt hard to
repay. When Blodgett, an AAF
pilot, was shot down over Bel.
GUM in 1914, the Smets shielded
him from the Nazis. Now they are
in the U. S. to visit some of the
boys whom they helped during the
war.
Browning chief., 1948-01-16
PROPAGANDA?
For UNIT

nep. OTeSt HARNESS (lep., lNQ.
has charged the army with carrying
on an illegal campaign of "propa-
ganda" in behalf of a universal mill
tary training law, thereby adding
more fuel to an issue already des-
tined to be superheated in 1948.
Harness, chairman of a special
house investigating committee, said
he would call high army officials be-
fore his group soon after congress
reconvened on January to answer
accusations concerning the use of
taxpayers money to influence pub
lie legislation.
Said he, II am receiving hundreds
of letters daily from every part of
the country concerning propa-
ganda pressure campaign being
waged by the army for universal
military training"
A recent investigation by his COM
mittee, he said, had disclosed the
hiring of two civilians to tour the
country addressing women's groups
and making radio speeches favoring
the proposed law.
Contention of the army is that it
simply is doing everything it can to
foster a sense of the need for ma
tional security among the people,
and Harness had yet to prove that
the army was morally wrong in that
view, whatever the legal technicai-
ties of the situation might be.
Browning chief., 1948-01-16

The value of United
States Steel COM
pany is not repre-
sented by dollars in
its vaults or the
bank, but by build
ings, furnaces, ma
ch in e s, b o a is,
mines, m a terials
and many other
A. MI 49,.
Browning chief., 1948-01-16
WARNING:
On Prices

The Presidents council of eco
nomic advisers, an astute group
that sometimes functions as Mr..
Truman's conscience, has warned
that the U. S. must return to real
price competition" If the present
boom period is not to collapse into
a shapeless economic mess.
In its. annual report the council
sharply criticized "monopolistic
practices" and declared also that:
Browning chief., 1948-01-16
Highest Temperature

The temperature inside a blast
furnace is approximately $500 de-
gress at the hottest point, while the
temperature inside an electric fur
name average around $500 degrees.