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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
Thousands Attend
 Funeral of Babe Ruin This Morning
By CHARLES MERGER

NEW YORK. Aug. 19.-lR-Fu- neral service for Babe Ruth in tow ering St. Patricks Cathedral today climaxed the nations mouring for the King of Baseball.
 Silent, thousands of persons-the famous who knew him in person and the obscure who admired him in spirit--thronged the Roman Catholic Cathedral and overflowed into Fifth Avenue.
 Francis Cardinal Spellman pre- sided at the Requiem High Mass for the Big Guy with the happy grin who rose from Baltimore orphanage to undisputed monarch of the national sport.
 The great doors of the cathedral were open to the public symbolic said friends, of the Babes open heart to the people in the bleach CTS and the kids in distant places to whom his name meant great SpOIlSIIldllSlhp.
 About COCO persons crowded the cathedral to the doors Police es- timated 50,000 others stood gravely outside under grey skies on hush ed Fifth Avenue and the sur rounding area. A 250-man police detail was on duty for the largest funeral in New York in years.
 Gov. Thcmas E. Dewey headed the list of honorary pallbearers who included prominent sportsmen and sports writers.
 celebrant of the High Mass for the great Yankees batter who died oi Cancer Monday night in Memorial Hospital at the age of 53.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
CHAMBERS INFO BOOTH POPULAR
 WITH TOURISTS
Harmon Urges Juneauites 10 Boost lis Tourist En-
 teridinmeni Program

The importance to tourists and their appreciation of the inforn1a- tion booth service sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce was graphically described at to- days Juneau Chamber meeting by Hank Harmon who has been in charge of the booth for the past three months.
 Swamped with inquiries by both tourists and townspeople seeking information about local sites and travel schedules. Harmon said he has had an average of about 30 to 40 persons seeking advice daily. One day. keeping tab on his call- CTS, he answered the questions of 53 persons by II o'clock in the morning
 The biggest protest by steamer tourists. he said. is that they do not have enough time in Juneau. With the advent of airplane tour- ists, he suggested that arrange ments for these persons also should be taken into consideration since they are usually in town for three or four days.
 Harmon also urged that the city get an early start for tourist enter tainment next season. attempt to get regularly scheduled charter craft lined up for fishing trips and other activities. Taku Lodge, he said. has been a very successful tourist entertainment spot this year and Alaska Coastal Airlines has arranged some very enjoyable fishing trips, according to tourist reports. He urged the Chamber to continue the service again next year
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
INVESTIGATION
 OF TERRITORY
 E BEING MADE House of Representatives Officials Survey Needs of Federal Agencies Here

Harris Huston and Robert Gres- ham of the investigative staff of the House Appropriations Committee ar rived yesterday via Pan American Amways from Washington, D. c, Before returning to the nations capitol, the officials will also visit Anchorage and Fairbanks. They ex- pect to leave Juneau Saturday.
 The two men will present an im- partial report on the needs and ac- tivities of Federal agencies in Alaska to the House Committee of Appro- priations. Members of the investi- gative staff do not appear at com- mittee hearings, but merely submit written factual report. The staff is appointed on a non-political ba- sis and before any staff member is asked to prepare a report, the Committee Chairman and the rank ing minority member have to ap- prove the investigation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
MAYOR HENDRI(k50N WRITES LETTER TO
 U. 5. COAST GUARD

A compact leILer describing ef- fectively the advantages of Juneau as the site should the 17th Coast Guard District be re-established in Alaska was read at the Juneau Chamber of Commerce noon lunch con meeting today in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel.
 Written by Mayor Waino Hend- rickson, the letter was addressed to Capt. A. c. Richmond of the U. s. Coast Guard.
 Mayor Hendrickson pointed out that one of Juneau's citizens has offered to construct a modern office building for c. c. headquarters. The mayor pointed to these advan- tages:
 l. That Coast Guard would have personal contact with both Federal and Territorial heads in Alaska; 2. That Juneau is the geographically the center of communications and transportation for the Territory and that here, air and water transpor- tation is available to all parts of Alaska and to the U. s.; 3. Airport and small boat harbor facilities are here for operational needs of the Coast Guard; 4. Juneau has the best marine ways repair experts in the Territory; 5. Juneau's schools are fully accredited; 6. He claimed that economically, Juneau has the best standard of living at the lowest cost; z. The city government will do everything possible to cooperate with the Coast Guard financially and otherwise; 8. The modern ho- tel here is an advantageous place to entertain visiting officials.
 Establishemnt of the district here, the Mayor declared. would bring more immediate attention to the interests and problems of both the Coast Guard and Alaskans than long distance supervisor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
U. N. SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS
 ON PALESTINE

LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 19.-tR- The United Nations Security Coun- cil decided today to meet in ur- gent session on Palestine this af- ternoon.
 The decision was taken after the Council received request from Count Folke Bernadotte, U. N mediator, for immediate action to prevent a breakdown of the Holy Land truce.
 The mediator warned the Secur- ity Council that the situation in Jerusalem is gradually getting out of hand" He said it is doubtful whether the Holy City can be de- militarized in the near future.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
ANCHORAGE TRIES FOR
 B0M PLANT
Goes After Bureau oi Mines Station Slated
 for Juneau

ANCHORAGE. Aug. l9-tR--An invitation to consider Anchorage as the construction site for $250,- coo metallurgical laboratory-which might eventually be used as a re- search plant in synthetic fuels has been sent to the U. s. Bureau of Mines by the Anchorage Cham Der of Commerce.
 Similar invitations have been re- ceived by the Bureau of Mines from the Juneau Chamber of Com merce
 Territorial Senator Vic Rivers said today that although the build ing is comparatively small. he vis- ualized the laboratory as the initial step in broad development pro- gram.
 This includes the production of base metals and synthetic gasoline from coal" he said. If the structure is to be used principally for pre- cious metals or quartz. then Juneau might be suitable site" Rivers declared.
 Rivers said he saw the program as the opening of vast hinterland in which the railbelt would pc the center of activity.
 He said local Bureau of Mines officials also favored locating the Iaooratory here.
 Tine Chamber of Commerce re- vealed the municipal government stood ready to make available a suitable site, without charge, and that utilities could be readily pro- vided.
 Anchorage is the center of the richest part of Alaska with areas of great mineral development and potentialities, the Chamber let ter pointed out.
 In Juneau, G. D. Jermain, Alaska Branch Chief of the U. s. Bureau of Mines, said today that there is nothing to the Anchorage story. He declared that only a technicality in getting the land title transfer red to the Bureau from the Navy is holding up construction of the Station on Juneau tMayflowerJ Island.
 Jermain pointed out that most mining potentialities exist in SEE. flask which is why he has recommended construction of the station here He said that, later, district office may be establish ed at Anchorage.
 He explained that this station is being designed for metallurgical tests and the development of base metals which most geologists and mining engineers claim are more predominant in Southeast Alaska.
 One especially important point made by Jermain was that min- ing prospects in this area will be on the increase when pulp timber has been cut because it will open up new territory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
GERMANS
 ATTA(k
 50vIETS

BERLIN, Aug. 19-iR-An angry German crowd just inside the Rus sian sector of Berlin tonight stoned two carloads of Soviet sector police who pursued black marketeers al- most into the American and British sectors. {.
 First reports said one person was killed and four wounded.
 The bowling, smiling mob jeered the Russian Zone police, who backed slowly. British sector police stood just inside the British boundary as the 600 or more Germans hurled taunts of Communist" at the po- lice.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Louise scheduled to arr rive southbound at 8 tomorrow Leaving at 8:45 a. m.
 Baranof arriving here south- bound Sunday evening.
 Alaska arriving here southbound ' o'clock tomorrow morning.
 Square Sinnett sailed north from Seattle at 8 o'clock Tuesday night
 Coastal Monarch expected to sail northbound today
 George Washington due north bound at 3 pm. Monday.
 Corsair scheduled to leave port here at 11:30 tonight.
 Princess Norah arriving north bound Saturday.
 Aleutian leaving Seattle Satur- day, August 21.
 Jumper Hitch scheduled to sail northbound August 26.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
THREE NEW DEALERS TO
 BE 0UERIED
House Un-Ameriedn Com mittee Orders Pressmdn,
 Whit, Apt to Appear

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-R- The House Un-American Activities Committee today ordered three former New Deal lawyers to ap- pear for questioning tomorrow in its Communist spy ring investiga- tion. They are: Nathan Whit, Lee Pressman and John Apt.
 The committee also said that AL ger Hiss, former State Department official accused of being part Of the pre-war Red underground in Washington, has refused to submit at this time to lie detector test.
 He has denied time and again under oath that he ever was a Communist.
 These developments came as President Truman lashed out at the. committee. He accused the group of infringing the Bill of Rights in its inquiry into alleged Communism within the govern ment.
 MT. Truman made that state ment at a news conference as he took issue with criticism of his ad- ministration stemming from the Congressional investigation. Teacher Improves
 The State Department ruled formally today that Mrs. Oksana S. Kosenkina, refugee Russian teacher, is beyond control of the Soviet government "so long as she remains in this country"
 The ruling was given by Ernest A. Gross, Secretary Marshall's le- gal advisor. in. letter to Justice Samuel Dickstein, of the New York State Supreme Court.
 Improvement was reported to- day in the condition of the Russian school teacher who a week age leaped from the third floor of the Soviet consulate. During the night she had been reported sinking al the Roosevelt Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
Flies Across Nation
 To Talk Wife Out of Making Trip 10 Him

OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Me. Aug. 18-tA-Army Corporal Tony Furio and his 25-year-old wife Mar jorie, who started to hitch-hike to the West Coast to see him, were reunited today at the railroad sta tion here.
 Tony arrived by train after cross ing the continent in a freight plane to talk his wife out of her plan to span the continent with their 22- month--old son, Tony, Jr.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
Sen. Walker Proposes
 Fishermen Continue
 Despite Suspension

KETCHIKAN. Aug. 19.-(Spec- ial To The Empire)-- In a signed article to the Ketchikan Daily News, Territorial Senator Norman R. Walker today advised the AL aska fishing industry and fisher men to "go ahead with the pink salmon pack if the U. s. Fish and Wildlife Service extends it's closing order after this week."
 Walker declared Let them make their arrests and have trials by jury" He said that to close the fishing virtually without warning would mean disaster to the econ- omy of Alaska anyway you take it."
 Thompson Explains
 Low water and freezing weather during the salmon hatch in l946 are being reflected this year in an unusually light run of pink salmon in Southeast Alaska, Seton H. Thompson said today in Ju- neau.
 Thompson, chief of the Fish and Wildlife Services Alaska Fish cries branch, arrived here today to conier with agency officials and packers.
 The adverse condition in the streams caused high kill in the eggs in l946, Thompson said. As this species returns from the sea after two years, the agency fore- cast the light run, warned the in- dustry and took steps to protect the salmon by delaying the open- ing of the fishing season." Thomp- son added
 Day Returns
 Albert M. Day, Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, returned yesterday on the Brandt, follow ing field trip to Petersburg and Little Port Walter. Day talked with fishermen, packers, stream guards and staff members of the Little Port Walter Research Sta- ton to obtain complete picture oi the fish situation in Southeast Alaska.
 Day stated that the outlook for the season is discouraging. The lack of rainfall in Southeast AL aska has left the streams very low and to date, very few fish have entered the streams
 Day will leave for Washington, D. O., within the next few days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug. l9.-lR-Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 37s, American Can 85B, Anaconda 367s, Curtiss- Wright 97s, International Harvester 29, Kennecott 57, New York Cen tral l6A, Northern Pacific 2l%' U. s. Steel 77sss, Pound $4.03A.
 Sales today were 580,000 shares.
 Averages today are as follows: industrials 182.57, rails 5960. util- ities 34.76.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
DRAFT GALL MAY GO OUT
 NEXT WEEK

WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. l9- R- Reliable sources say that the first draft call under the new peace time law will be issued next week, It will call for 15,000 men expected to be in uniform in November. These sources say second call for l5,OO0 more men for December will follow shortly.
 All the men will go into the Army and most are expected to be in the older age brackets. Men 25 will be inducted first, men "A next and so on
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
WEATHER REPORT
tU. s. WEATHER BURE'

 Temperature for 24-hour period ending 7.30 this morning. In Juneau Maximum, 69, Minimum, 49.
 At Airport Maximum, 68; Minimum, A. FO R E c A s T
 (Juneau and Vicinity
 Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Not much change in temperature. } P K E CIP T A T o N (Past .24 hours ending T30 a. m today In Juneau City Trace; since August 1, PTS inches; since July ], 9.90 inches. At the Airport Trace; since August l, 1.86 inches; since July 1, 6.70 inches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
NLRB Hiring Hall Ruling
 Explanation
Says Only Unlawful If Union Members 6iv-
 en Preference

WASHINGTON, Aug. l9-R-- The CIO, smarting under the first major crackdown on union behavior by the National Labor Relations Board, accused the Board today of "unseemly haste" and violation of the Constitution.
 Last night the five-man Board, headed by Paul M. Herzog, ruled unanimously that hiring halls op- erated on the Great Lakes by the CIO National Maritime Union are illegal under the year-old Ta1t- Hartley law.
 In so doing, the Board created several legal precedents that extend far beyond the shipping industry
 Arthur Goldberg, the CLOS gen. eral counsel, said in statement that the ruling was entirely un- sound" that he looked forward to reversal by the courts, and that surely the law cannot prohibit this salutary practice which has con tributed to the stability ot the maritime industry"
 The Board found the union, Pres ident Joseph Curran and six other officers guilty of two unfair labor practices against four tanker com panies.
 It ordered them U ufop their de- mands for continuation of the hir- ing halls. And especially it ordered them not to call a strike for that purpose, as they did last May.
 The decision has these effects ir the muddled maritime industry:
 1. It greatly tessens the threat oi a new strike on the Lakes in Sep tember. The Boards findings are expected to be fought all the way to the Supreme Court. but the law permits NLRB attorneys to seek ar immediate court hijunction--if nec- essary--to enforce the order. Mean while new negotiations were set fol today in Cleveland.
 2. It foreshadows similar orders and similar injunctions in any other cases, on the Pacific or Atlantic Coasts, where maritime hiring halls might be found to operate in the same manner as those in the Great Lakes case.
 Hiring hall cases are pending on both coasts, but the present order does not deal with any except on the Great Lakes. On the East Coast. where the National Maritime Union settled it's differences with shipowners yesterday, both sides agreed to continue their existing hiring halls pending a ruling on their legality by federal court.
 The Board didn't find hiring halls unlawful in themselves-but only if they operate in such a way as to favor members of the union against members. The Board said the Great Lakes hiring halls operate this way because if union members are available they are put ahead of non-members.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
SIX ARE HELD IN
 GREEK DEATH OF
 US. BR0AD(ASTER

ATHENS, Aug. 10. --tR-- The Greek Press Ministry said today six persons were being held for ques- tioning in connection with the staying of American radio corres- pondent George Polk.
 Folks bound and bullet-riddled body was found May Is in Salon. ika Harbor.
 The Ministry identified the six as Gregory Stathopoulos, a Greek newspaperman. his mother. and four employees of the Salonika ho- tel where Polk stayed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
CHINA ADOPTS
 NEW CURRENCY
 BEGGED TO U. S.

HAWKING, Aug. l9-IR-The Chinese Government announced to- day adoption of new currency, begged to the U. s. dollar and in- tended to halt a dizzy imitation.
 Government spokesman Rolling ton Tong said the currency would be called the gold yuan" and would be backed by 100 per cent reserves. A Finance Ministry spokesman told news conference. however, that the new money would be back 1 ed by 40 per cent gold, silver and foreign currency and SO percent by government guarantees" CThe guarantees were not explainedD
 Financial circles in Shanghai, the nations commercial center. imme- diately said the new money would not stop imitation unless backed by something substantial.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19

WASHINGTON Some of the cockeyed inconsistencies of Wash ington officialdom are verify won- drous to behold.
 Here is the latest beaut:
 On Tuesday. President Truman made an address ardently pleading for public support of the National Employ the Physically Handicap ped Week, October 3-9. He point ed out two significant facts: CD that industrial record shows con- clusively that when given the op- portunity to work, handicaps al- most invariably prove above the average in productivity. regularity and loyalty, and t2) that with the marked labor shortages existing in many fields, it is both good business and good humanity to give jobs to handicaps.
 With deep feeling, MT. Truman urged employers to give handicaps a chance to make themselves use full and self-supporting beings. The Presidents speech was moving, and a real credit to him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
THREE FROM FAIRBANKS

Three Fairbanks residents are visiting here at the Baranof Ho- tel They are Lillie Angerman, William M Maxey, and Jasper Carroll.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19

What is believed to be the worlds largest rose bush is located aat Tombstone. Ariz. A white Banksia about fifty years old. it has grown from one trunk over forty inches in diameter and has an estimated l50.000 blooms cover it in May.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19

Many women develop high blood pressure in their forties. In men high blood pressure is more frequent after
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19

In 1858, Queen Victoria chose Ot- tawa, then city of 10000, as the seat of government of Upper and Lower Canada. It became capital of the New Dominion in 1867.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
REVERSE PICTURE

Yet, at the same time the Presl- dent was making this touching ap- peal to private employers, one of the biggest government employers
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19
The W ashington Merry Go Round
BY ROBERT s. ALLEN

.copyright, ls4s, by The Bell Syndicate.
 Incl
 Editors Note While Drew Pearson is on a brief vacation The Washington Merry-Go- Round is being written by his old partner, Robert s. Allen9
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-19

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Kodiak mirror., 1948-12-18
TOrgerS0n's Bank To Be Modern

O. A. Torgersou, former Kodl- akian and founder of the Bank of Kodiak, will open a new bank next spring in Cathedral City, Calf.
 The charter for the new bank was granted July l. and late last week the new institution s application with the Federal De- posit Insurance Corporation was granted, making it possible for the incorporation of the Desert Bank to be completed
 Capital stock of the new bank will be SIOO,0OO and paid ia surplus and undivided profits, $50,0tO,
 Members of the board of di rectors and organizers of the bank met last week to decide on the architect, have plans drawn
Kodiak mirror., 1948-12-18
Ouzinkie Light Down In StOrn1

The light on Three Brothe g Reef was knocked do during the recent storm, the Coast Guard reports.
 A heavy formation of ice on the steel supports, plus he high winds caused it to fall
 A report of the destruction of the light has been sent to Wash ington, D c. by the Coast Guard but the light cannot be replaced until an appropriati n is made
 The light is about. 2 miles from Ouzinkie at the north end of the Ouzinkie Narrows.
Kodiak mirror., 1948-12-18
Clipper Carries 100 Tons

<. Skipper Jack O'DonneS brought his trading vessel, tr. Reefer Clipper, into port Sunday n ght, IA days after leaving ser attle.
 Approximately lOO tons ot freight for town were unloades Monday and Tuesday.
 The trip was lot smoother than the las one, and from Cape Spencer across the gulf, the boat met better weather than from Seattle 10 the cape, NAT ODonnell said
 Mir. O'Donnell is undecided on future trips to Kodiak.
Kodiak mirror., 1948-12-18
City To Up
 Wharfage

The price of wharfage and handling ot freight at the city dock Is going up.
 The declslon to raise the rate was made by the city councli Monday night. An increase o. 4 cents per hour on longshore- mems pay brought about the de- eision.
 The contract between the un. ion and the cl.y conta,ns d clause that makes such d raise maDda. tory for the local unlon when ever the pay ot lohgshoremen IS raised Ill tacoma.
 Ihe new late Of pay Tor long- sholemen Is S2 I6k per hour tor St. aIght time and So.244 foI over tune.
 Joe kelrlgan, business agent for the teamoCelo un4on, request eu a more liberal interpretation of tue ordinance governing tax:s and requested the drivers be glanted permlsslou to leave their motors running dulIng the cold weather Wll.e the taXIs are park. ed Ill their stands.
 Eugene Harding was granted d permit to build an eXteuSlUu to nis macnlhe shop toi use as 8 bakery alter submitting a petl- Ulon slgned by 70. ol Ghe iesld- ents within 5UU feet of the prGY posed building.
 The second leading of an ord lnance requiring all owners of hotels, inns, boarding houses aud lodging houses to keep register of all guests was heard and the ordinance approved by the ooun- ell.
 The following l949 liquor liz censes have been granted by the council: John M. BrodtkoIb, re- tail; Casino Sporting Club. inc |, club; Jorgen Fredriekson, Bud and Onelta Metzgar. dispensary; Martin Jensen, retail; Juneau Cold Storage Cn wholesale malt and beverage; Goldie kvas, re- tail and dispersary; W B Criss, E E Erwin, and B E. Nacht- weih, dispensary; Arthur and Lo cha Klzer, dlspensary; VFW, club; Lynn and Mildred Mark ham, dlsL ensary.