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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-05
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Taku Post No. 5559

Meets first and third Fridays. Post Hall, Sew ard St. Visiting Com rades Welcome.
 II. s. GRUENING, Com mander; WILLIAM II. SHERLOCK, Adiutant.
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LOOK and LEARN 2, |. GORDON

Army fight the Revolution or
 3. talest building? derivation of the word Thursday? country flowers considered national art?
 only good smoke?
 ANSWERS
 In Building New York. the of thunder in Scandinavian mythology 4 In
 Rudyard Kipling.
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20 YEARS AGO fFf% fME EMPIRE
MARCH 5, 1928

Fire building Second Street between Seward and Fire Department at 95 but little damage was Trtt dollars other display but his damage a than S1OO.
 Repeating ehd of the rock dump of the Alaska Mining settled channel
 arrived the discharged which kept for ballast the westward trip
 School planned trip Wrangen Wrangen and Petersburg the Wrangel floor to championship
 Major Douglas Gillette engineer inspection trails area by commission.
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Free Inquiry
Washington Post }

Washington PoStl
 sober warning of the threat to academic free dom inherent in the commiphobia now epidemic in the United States sounded the other day by President James B Conant of Harvard in his annual report to that universys board of The threat is by
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-05
The Washington MerrY-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON

Continued from Page One)
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Repeating performances one-trd of the rock dur he Alaska Mining Company settled feet
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Steamer Admiral arrived from the westward and dsch 50 tons kept for ballast the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
ALASKA COASTAL
 FLIES 2o FRIDAY

Alaska Coastal made flights yes terday to the coastal cities and car ried 29 passengers.
 Juneau to Hoonah. P. Smith, Eli Sherclane, Margaret Rosen, Jim Langdon, Mike Chester.
 Juneau to Pelican Mrs. M. Miller.
 Pelican to Juneau: Hermie John- son.
 Juneau to Gustavus: w. A. Donnie
 Gustavus to Juneau: Joseph Dayle.
 Funter Bay to Juneau: F. Peter son.
 Tenakee to Juneau: Ned Nelson, Wayne Plumbley, E. J. Mervin.
 Juneau to Angoon. Walter Hellan,
 Angoon to Juneau: Walter Hellan, J. P. Wolfe, Fred Tucker, Robert Johnson.
 Juneau to Sitka. The Rev. Nevue, Lee Kerr, c. Whittemore, Louis Johnson, Elise Johnson, Jack Lokke Kate Joseph.
 Sitka to Juneau: Ernest Gruening Wm Lacey Betty Didrickson, Ag- nes Didrickson, Don Foster.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
EISENHOWER IN FAREWELL
 TO NEWSME:N
Says Army 5 ManpoWer Situation Ceiling Seri-
 ous" "-Write Memoirs

WASHINGTON. Feb. 7.--lRN- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told a fare well news conference today that the Armys manpower situation is get ting selious." He said something mus be done about it.
 Eisenhower spoke as Army Chief of Staff shortly tefore turning the job over to Gen. Omar N Bradley
 The Army now is about lc0,00J under its proposed strength. As one means of encouraging recruiting, Eisenhower suggested the Army should give extra pay to men as signed to some of the more undesir- able spots in the world. This would be in addition to the 20 percent ex- tra given all troops on overseas as- signment.
 Eisenhower sad his personal plans after leaving the job today include start on writing his memoirs dur ing the two months leave due him before he checks out of active mili- tary duty and prepares to go to work as President of Columbia University. He disclosed that he has made an agreement with a publishing firm Doubleday to do his book for them
 The former Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe was ask ed what he considered the greatest moment of his military career.
 He replied that the natural thing would be to say it was when the sur render instrument was signed" but adde6 that this occasion had been anticipated and its value written off in advance. He meditated moment. then he said.
 T think the greatest moment was when I got the word that 82nd and lGlst Airborne Divisions had landed on the Cherbourg Peninsula
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
SEN. TAFT
 ES MAKING
 CH AR GES
Accuses Democratic Ad- ministrafion of Keep
 ing Prices High

WASHINGTON, Feb. r. R = Senator Taft (R-Ohio) accused the Democratic Administration today of a deliberate attempt to keep prices high for political reasons.
 The idea, he said, is to create an air of false prosperity for the Pre- sidential election campaign.
 Taft told a reporter he can put no other interpretation on the ad- vance announcement of Secretary of Agriculture Anderson that the Gov elnment plans soon to buy 50,000,0 bushels of Wheat.
 Anderson disclosed this at a news conference Thursday after corn and wheat had dropped the legal limit of 8 and 10 cents a bushel for two days in a row.
 Usually the Governments buying intentions are kept secret
 The announcement by Anderson was followed by brief rise in wheat. But yesterdays market closed with the legal limit drop for the third consecutive day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
C0MMlDNISTS SUCCEED IN
 FAR pElpING
By SPENCER MOosA

PEIPING, Feb, 7-tR-k steady worsening of the Chinese govern ment's military position in Man churia was reported in pro-nation- aiist dispatches today
 These Communists successes were acknowledged:
 Capture of Liaeyang important railway city 35 miles south of the big Manchurian city of Muken;
 Infiltration of Yingkow, the best government port in Manchuria, and:
 Complete isolation of the govern ment-held steel city of Ashan, Is miles south of Liaoyang on the Muk- den-Dairen railway.
 The moose around Mukden proper was frightened with increasing heavy attacks on Suchiatun, only seven miles away The dispatches said prices in Mukden were roughly five times those in Shanghai, where in- flation has sent them to almost pro- hibitive heights.
 In Anshan, many deaths were re- ported from shortages of food and fuel Power lines there were cut.
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Verbal Fireworks ai Meeting
 In Seattle Over thai Ciiy's
 Monopoly of Alaskan Trade

SEATTLE, Feb. T. lR-Verbal fireworks greeted the controversial issue of Seattle's virtual monopoly of Alaskan trade when the subject was discussed at q Seattle Chamber of Commerce session yesterday
 Richard ]. ,,auberger, Portland magazine writer, told the meeting that both Seattle and Alaska would benefit if the Territory was served by many ports.
 Seattle would be better off with large hunk of a large Alaskan trade, instead of monopolizing the relatively small $150,000,000 trade it controls now" he said.
 His statement brought spirited re- buttal from an Alaska Editor and an official of an Alaska shipping line.
 William R. Carter, Editor of the Alaska Daily Empire at Juneau, said that Seattle and Alaska are linked together by firm bond of many years. No other city has ever taken such a warm interest in us, and AL askans know it."
 Admiral F. A. Zeusler, Assistant to che President of the Alaska Steam ship Go. declared no other city but Seattle ever has been interested in giving Alaska the service it receives.
 During the discussion an unidenti- fled Alaskan jumped to his feet and termed the Chambers Trustees "a bunch of shoe clerks"
 To this L. A. Dinty) Moore, an official of the Alaska Railroad, re- piled:
 Its too bad Alaska doesn't have more shoe clerks like the Seattle Chamber helping them the way in which the Seattle Chamber has"
 The pyrotechnics subsided soon afterward.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
GUSTS HIT 90 MILES
 PER HOUR
Windows Broken, Lines Down-Weather Bureau
 Issues Warning

Juneau was hit during the night and today with a Taku wind, the first in years, and although it was not accompanied by the oldtime severe temperature and icy SHOW, 1t was Taku sure enough.
 The Weather Bureau reports that Tor seconds at time the velocity of the wind has hit from 30 to 90 miles per hour.
 The Weather Bureau also issues a warning: Temperature may drop to B degrees above zero tonight and residents are warned to watch their water pipes.
 Many windows were broken and signs were knocked down. Plate glass windows at the Baranof Gift Shop Alaska Electric Light and Power Company and Teen-Age Club, Dar- nell's were broken by the winds. St. Ann's Hospital also reported loss of a window
 Power and telephone lines were knocked down throughout the city. The power line. servicing the KINY transmitter at the Rock Dump, was cut and prevented broadcasting until l0;30 am. A short in the fire alarm system at SIS am. was caused by a broken line.
 The most spectacular scene was the sight of the floating Army En- gineers drydock sailing full speed across the Juneau harbor when it broke loose at am The drydock's hausers remained fast tut the dock to which 1t was moored, was severely damaged The drydock took several bits of piling with 1t on it's voyage.
 Two Army tugs immediately set out after the wandering unattended dock but were unable to bring it Lack to it's original position because of the high winds raging across the water They were finally successful in tying the dock temporarily to the Juneau Spruce Corporation dock. The Engineers almost ran into trouble, also, at their mooring dol phins north of Juneau when lines at one end of a barge tied there troke loose. The damage was quickly repaired and everything remained under control.
 The Methodist Church lost several shingles from it's roof and the huge canvas Welcome sign at Front and Franklin was also blown down.
 Many chimneys were blown from rocfs, windows in residences were smashed and homes as we'll as apart ments shook from the force of the wind
 The Weather Bureau forecasts for this afternoon and Sunday strong gusty northeasterly winds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
ARMY PLANE
 (RA5HES;; 5
 ARE KILLED

JASPER. Ark, Feb. 7.--tR-Five Air Forces personnel perishei last night in the fiery crash of their plane in this Ozark Mountain coun- try
 The plane, a BPS, from Wright Field, O., struck the side of Round top Mountain. two miles south of this isolated Northwest Arkansas County Seat, and burst into flames.
 (At Dayton, O., Wright Field Au- thorities said the plane left there yesterday with five men aboard one of them believed to be Navy "hitchhiker and that all five were dead The plane was bound for Lit tie Rock
 The rugged countryside was coated with ice and rescue workers had to combat cold weather in reaching the scene.
 The four identified victims listed by Wright Field were from the Mid West and East.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
INVESTIGATE
 SUSPECTS IN
 GANDHI(ASE
Government Announced investigation of State
 Administration of Sikh

NEW DELHI, Feb. 7.-tB-The government announced tonight it is Investigating the state administra- ton of a Sikh Maharajah for pes sible complicity in the Gandhi as- sassinatione
 The official gazette said the Ma harajah Tej Sing, and his Prime Minister, Dr. N. B. Khare, are di- rected temporarily to remain out side their state, Alwar.
 This was ordered to permit the unimpaired investigation of alleged support of connivance of the Alwar state administration" into the ac- tivities of Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh tNational Volunteer Corps) and its possible complicity in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and other serious crimes"
 The RSSS is an extremist or ganization.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
DE VALERA
 LOSES OUT
 AT POLLY!
Party Majority in Parlia- ment Is Cut Down-May
 Keep Job, However

DUBLIN, Feb. 7.-tR-Eamon De Valera, Fires Prime Minister for 16 years, has lost his party majority in Parliament but is expected tu keep his job just the same.
 His Fianna Fail Government Party) won only 66 of the TAT seats in the new Dial (Parliamen0 in last Wednesdays general election, com plete returns showed today.
 The combined opposition. includ- ing parties that had sought coal ition Government, won 76. The re- maining five seats will be filled next Tuesday in postponed election in Carlow and Kilkenny Counties.
 The Government Party had TT of l38 Deputies in the old Parliament dissolved last fall.
 The new Dali meets Feb. 18 to elect Prime Minister. Opponents and supporters agree De Valera stands a good chance of reelection oy pulling the votes of some Inde- pendent and National Labor Party Deputies. He needs v votes to win. Independents have 12, National La bor four.
 The Irish Independent, Dublin newspaper, said he would make a strong try for Parliamentary control even if only temporary, so that he long. He did that in 1944 after could call another election before squeaking through to reelection the previous year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
SABOTAGE
 SPREADS
 IN KOREA
Warning Notices Sent 10 LIN Commission 10 Gel
 0ui of Country
By ROY ROBERTS

SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 7.--R- Widespread sabotage of rail traffic and telegraph communication lines was reported today-incidents re- garded by U. s. authorities as pressure to force the United No tions commission is leave Korea.
 Handbills circulated throughout South Korea called for a general strike. Two notices delivered to It. Gen. John R. Hodge, U s. Occupation Commander, warned of a three-day strike to force the commission's departure.
 The commission voted yesterday to refer back to the U N Little Assembly the problem of conduct ing elections preliminary to Korean independence. Russias refusal to permit entry into North Korea has stumped the commission.
 The U. s. Army, which occupies South Korea, reported 12-car train was derailed about 30 miles east of Seoul, and that tracks were damaged elsewhere in five places. Gauges, wales and drive rods were removed from 49 locomotives.
 Telegraph lines from Seoul were cut in many places.
 The army announced p persons had been arrested
 All along," said Hodge, five been expecting physical efforts to sabotage the work of the commis- sion'
 He added. however, that no troop alert was planned because there is nothing to indicate that Kor- can authorities can't handle the situation at present"
 Meanwhile, the commission went into executive session to consult with General Hodge. A commis- sion spokesman said the group had heard of the incidents but was taking no cognizance of them.
 StrlKe nanQDlllS were not SlBIleu, but there was at least one indica- ton that leftists were behind the incidents. A gang raided the Oriental Daily News, newspaper of the rightist Korean Democratic party, and overturned type cases.
 Literature distributed in Seoul demanded the immediate withdraw al of United States and Russian occupation troops, the collfiscation and redistribution of land, nation allzation of industry, release of political prisoners and transfer of power to the people"
 No anti-American incidents were reported.
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E. E. ROBERTSON OFF FOR SOUTH TO ATTEND
 REPUBLICAN, MEETING

E. :. Robertson is leaving Juneau Sunday to attend a meeting of the Republicans of eleven western states, Hawaii and Alaska to be held at Denver, Colo, February 19 and 20. He has several blanks to be intro- duced at the convention as to AL aska
 The purpose of the meeting is to present to the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia the de- sire of the West and to what they wish in the Republican Platform uEon which the next Republican candidate for President will stand. and also to organize the West for voting strength in November for the Republican ticket.
 Robertson expects to be gone about three weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
Prices
 Move Wildly
 Again Today
Lard and Flour Expe1fed 10 Undergo, Widespread
 Drop Is Report

NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-~tR-G Grain prices moved wildly today with some evidence the market was digging in for a last-ditch stand after a three day tumble.
 Grain contracts for nearby de- livery were again hammered down but later deliveries at times man aged sizable gains Corn was more vulnerable to rapid-fire selling than wheat.
 The resistance in grains spread elsewhere. Cotton advanced 1t New York and the stock market feebly edged ahead.
 The weeks heavy losses in grains and other commodities have already spread to the retail food counter.
 Announcements of lower prices for lard and flour were widespread and pork products were cut here and there. The declines were linked directly with action of grains.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
SOUTHERN GOVERNORS
 N EE ' ! N 6
No Indication What Ses- sion Will Do Regard
 ing Party Split

WAKULLA SPRINGS, Fla, Feb. 7.-tRI-The South's Governors mov- ed calmly into a discussion of region al education today without mention ing the explosive issue of Demo- cratic Party split.
 After brief statements by Chair man William Preston Lane, Jr., of Maryland and Gov Willard Cald- well of Florida on the aims of re- gional education, the conference went into executive session.
 The Governors gave no indication when or if they will consider a pro- posal to bolt the National Democrat ic Party. Gov. Fielding L. Wright Of Mississippi said he planned to re-. commend this action by the confer ence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
How 10 Travel
 AfNo Expense

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-IR-If you're enterprising, it's possible to take your wife on year-long trip to the tropics at no expense.
 Catching their breath here before heading southward again, MT. and Mrs. J. E. Mcbride, of Los Angeles, told how they did it.
 In small boat they travelled down the California coast The boat was sold in Mexico for "a pig price With that stake they went prospecting
 The gravel deposits of British Gu- jana paid off with aoout 60, ounces of gold and 250 carats of diamonds, Mcbride said. That balanced the books.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07

 WASHINGTON Memo to Sen ator Ferguson of Michigan:
 Believing in your sincere desire to get to the bottom of Senator Thomas and his use of the Senate for private speculation, I am sending you the results of my own investigation. They may furnish you with additional leads for your own probe.
 think you will find that dur ing most of Senator Thomas career in the U. s. Senate, he has been active in the stock market and has not hesitated to use his position of trust to influence the market. suggest that you first look into 128 shares of Cities Ser vice stock held by the Senator around 1928.
 Following this, suggest that you examine the Senator's dealing in silver and cotton in 1883. At around this time his son Wilfred was
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
MOTION DENIED

A motion by the defense to sup press evidence in the case of the Six former crew members of the Coastal Rambler was denied yes- terday by Federal Judge George W, Folta for three of the men but action on the others is still pend ing. The sextet is charged on receiving stolen goods in interstate commerce
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
ASSAULT AND BATTERY

Robert Johnson was arrested at Angocn yesterday by Deputy U. s. Marshal Walter Hellan on a charge of assault and battery of his wife He entered a plea of guilty before U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray and is being held in the Federal Jail in lieu of $500 bond pending sentence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
SHANGHAI POLICE
 FORCE iNCREA5ED:
 RI0TS ARE FEARED

SHANGHAI, Feb. 7.-R-This Chinese metropolis increased it's po- lice force by 1000 men today be- cause of fears the worsening eco- homie situation might result in new riots.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
STEAMER MOVEktNTS

Princess Norah, from Vancouver, due Monday.
 Aleutian, from Seattle, due Tues day.
 Baranof. from west, scheduled southbound 10 am. Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
GIRL SCOUT NEWS

The Girl Scouts of Troop No. II met Thursday afternoon at the Luth- eran Church. We worked on our needlecraft badges. The meeting was dismissed at 4:30 o'clock. SU- FANNIE Miller, Reporter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
WEATHER REPORT
(U. s. WEATHER BUREAU

:, (U s. WEATHER BUREAU { } (Past 24 hours ending 7:20 am. today { } In Juneau Maximum, 34, } minimum, 20. } At Airport Maximum, 32; , minimum, 22. 3 Slowly decreasing cloudi-
 ness this afternoon and
 } Sunday with strong gusty
 } northeasterly winds. Cold
 } CT with lowest temperature , Sunday morning near 13 de- } grees. } WEATHER FORECAST } tJuneau and Vicinity , PRECIPITATION } (Pest 24 hours ending 7;30 am. today { , In City of Juneau-None;
 } since Feb. l, 10 inches;
 ince July l, 72.9l inches. , At the Airport None;
 } since Feb. l, .08 inches;
 , since July l, 4326 inches.
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SISTERS FROM sITKA

Elizabeth and Agnes Didrickson of Sitka are registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
LEvELoCK MAN HERE

Nels Asleson of Levelock is. stay ing at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
FROM VANCOUVER

Louis E. Bars of Vancouver, B. C.. is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
wHITEHoRsE MAN HERE

Gene Fabbi, of Whitehorse. Y. T., is staying at the Baranof Ho- Tel.
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The W ashington Merry Go Round
Copyright 1s4s. by The Bell Syndicate
 Incl
By DREW PEARSON

(Ed. Note-Drew Pearson'S col umn today takes the form of a memo to Senator Ferguson of Michigan, chairman of the subcommittee Investigating Sem ator Thomas and other grain speculators. Pearson was the first to expose Thomas com- modity speculation, two years ago, at which time he was called liar by the Oklahoma Senator)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-07
GuSTAyuS VISITOR

J. E. Dagle of Gustavus are staying at the Baranof Hotel
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Continued on Page Four)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-31
France Occupies Half
OF Mines in North
by the Assecioisd Press

PARIS, Oct. 30.-French troops
and police completed the occupation
Of more than half the struck coal
mines in Northern France today,
driving pickets out Of 70 pits near
Buray.
Miners were going back to work In
ever increasing numbers but pro-
duction was only about 20 per cent
of normal.
-Four million tons Of un-mined
coal has been lost to the nation In
the 26-day tie-up-about 10 per
cent Of the yearly production. So
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purchases to get more foreign coal.
Communicated dock workers on
strike had several hundred Thousand
tons Of coal imports tied up in
French ports.
French soldiers and sailors were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-31

unloading some ships, however.
Government forces held SO Of tas
112 pits in Northern France where
two-thirds the coal Is mined, and
officials believed production would
rise sharply Tuesday or Wednesday
after the long weekend holiday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-31

the government is expected to divert
$19,0 100000 of Marshall plan funds
from cotton food and raw material
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To beavers go the distinction Of
having played a greater part in the
exploration Of America than any
other animal. So valuable were
their pelts that trappers pushed
faster and farther than any one
else, paving the way for frontiers
men and settlers.
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spider, etc.: Mr.. Davidson, Mr.. Duey

spider, ETC.: Mr.. Davidson, Mr.. Duey,
Miss Stark.
Collective classes, 10 named va
rieties of pompoms: Mr.. Wehr, Mrs.
Hates; 10 named hardy garden fiat
form varieties: Mr.. Wehr, Mr.. Duey;
10 varieties any form disbudded: Mr..
Duey, Mr.. Wehr, Mrs. Brown: S va
rieties, commercial disbudded: Mr..
Duey, Mrs. Hansen.
The show which was held yester-
day in the Takoma Park Branch of
the Washington Public Library,
Fifth and Cedar streets NV, was
open from to 8 pm.