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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
NlRB WILL RULE ON HIRING HALL
 IN LABOR CA5E5
Board Expected 10 Reach Decision This Week in
 Several Disputes
By MAX HALL

WASHINGTON, Aug. IT. = R - The National Labor Relations Board soon will issue it's most important ruling so far under the unfair labor practice sections of the Taft-Hart- ley Act. It concerns maritime "hir- ing halls"
 This decision, which may be handed down this week, will mark the first time the five-man board has dealt with the labor laws ban on discriminatory hiring practices.
 Two NLRB trial examiners have lifted the hiring hall issue to the board level by announcing their findings on the subject:
 1. On June 24, Examiner Howard Myers held that the CIO National Maritime Union violated the law by demanding continuation of it's hir- ing halls on the Great Lakes. It is this case the board is expected to rule upon shortly.
 9. Yesterday, Examiner Wallace E. Rovster held that the same union and also the CIO American Radio Association violated the law by de- manding continuation of their hiring halls in Atlantic and Gulf ports.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
CHARLES B. HINES, CANNER YMAN, DIES
 AT METLAKATLA

Charles B. Hines, manager of the Metlakatla Cannery. died suddenly of heart attack yesterday after noon Advice ot his death was re- ceived by Dop Foster, Superinten- dens of the Alaska Native Service, who will leave today for Metlakatla.
 MT Hines is survived by his widow and young daughter, who reside in Seattle. He was formerly assistant manager and bookkeeper for the Metlakatla Cannery for seven years and this year assumed managership of the cannery.
 MT. Foster and A. E. Walker, Credit Officer for the ANS will meet with the Metlakatla Council to discuss the employment of mana ger.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
BABE RUTH HITS LAST
 HOME RUN
Famed Baseball King Dies from Throat Cancer
 Last Night
By M. L. sTEPHENsEoN

NEW YORK, Aug. 17--IR Babe Ruth is dead,
 The all-time Yankee home run king. wasted by two years illness and almost constant pain, died ot cancer sof the throat at 7:0l pm. tEST) last night. He was 53.
 A priest who administered the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church said the Babe has been prepared since July 2l for his death.'
 Ruth never knew he had cancer, however.
 More than 100 children who were gathered outside Memorial Hospital Center for Cancer and Allied Dis eases walked sadly away when the end came
 They were representative of the thousands of young and old who had stood virgil in relays outside the hospital where their stricken idol lay suffering Millions of others all over the world had kept roofing for the Babe
 A Mass for Ruth will be held Thursday morning in St. Patrick's Cathedral
 President Truman led the nation in paying tribute to the Babe, who batted his way to Major League Baseball immortality during P playing years.
 The Presidents message of con- dolence--the first of many received at the Ruth residence at ll0 River side Drive--said.
 "A whole generation of boys now grown to manhood will mourn the passing of the home run king of the baseball world.
 Babe Ruth had all the qualities of hero, and as an example of clean sport was an inspiration to tens of thousands of rooters of all
 (Continued On Page Two)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
ARRIVE ABOARD BARAN0F
 THIS AFTERNOON

The Alaska Steamship passenger vessel Baranof arrived in Juneau at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon with twelve passengers for here as fol- lows:
 From Seattle: H. 0. Adams and wife. Mrs. Mary Carter, Mrs D. H. Drew, Mrs. T. Dyer, R. A. Huegett, Mrs. H. c Leege, Donald Lecge. Nancy Leege. Miss L. T. Quivey, s. Schwab and wife and Eleanor Schwab.
 The Baranof was scheduled to leave for the Westward at 5:30 O. clock this afternoon
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
Uranium Ore
 Find May Be
 pii(|1bIende
Laboratory 1esfs Are Made on Discovery of Last
 Saturday

VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. IT, RADr. F. F. Walker, Deputy Min- ister of Mines for British Colum- bia, said today the uranium ore found in Northern British Colum- bia may be" pitchblende.
 He made the announcement after conducting laboratory tests on the ore which was reported last Sat urday by prospector Ernest John son.
 Uranium is found in many com- pounds, but is usually at its high est concentration in pitchblende officials said.
 Johnson's claim is located about l20 air miles north of Vancouver in the Bridge River district near Gum Lake.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
PREDICTS END
 OF GREEK WAR

ATHENS, Aug. 17.-lR Govern ment spokesmen said today there is little doubt the Grammos cam paign against Communist rebels will end soon. and successfully for the Greek army
 A General Staff spokesman said the defense line along the whole southwestern sector of the front had crumbled and War Minister George Strates told the Cabinet last night the guerrillas were abandon ing war material and wounded in unorganized flight.
 Spokesmen said the rebel peri meter in the north had been whit tied down to 22 miles and Strates said the army had captured the highest peak in the Grammos Mountains. once major strong hold of the rebel chieftain, Markos Valiades.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
Ads About krug Moi
 Misquoied

KETCHIKAN, Aug. 17.-tR- A spokesman for salmon trap opera tors said today official Congress- ional records clearly substantiates their use of Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug's name in an election controversy oyer fish traps.
 Fred Gunderson, chairman of the Committee of Alaska Trap Op- orators, replied to criticism by William E. Warne, Assistant Secre- tary of Interior, in connection with newspaper advertisement by opera tors prior to the Oct l2 election. Alaskans will vote at that time on whether they want salmon traps abolished or retained.
 Gunderson said Krug wrote Sen- ator Vandenberg on June II, 1947, that the Fish and Wildlife Service is convinced that the trap is an efficient form of fishing gear and is no threat to the conservation of salmon"
 Saying the operators did not pretend to have Krug's blanket en- dorsement of salmon traps," Gun derson's statement added:
 Tn the advertisements publish ed in Alaska newspapers we claim that Krug believes traps do not threaten future salmon runs. Our source material is clearly a mat ter of public record"
 Warne had contended the ads were misrepresenting Krug's stand.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
BALTIC
 EXPLAINS
 CLOSING
A Case of Over fishing, Says Fish and WiIdIife
 Service Official
By vERN HAUGLAND

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17,-tRl- Howard Baltzo, newly appointed Assistant Chief of Alaska Fisheries for the Fish and Wildlife Service, said today that the weeks shut down of Territorial fisheries was necessitated by a crisis in the in- dustry.
 Baltzo said it is the first such action ever taken by the Federal government. The shutdown of all but small segment of the fishing was ordered Monday by Service Director Albert H. Day, now in Alaska.
 Virtually all Alaskan canneries, traps. seine boats and gill nets will remain idle this week. If a late run of salmon develops, the fishing season may be extended a few days beyond the Sept. 3 dead line to make up for the current weeks loss.
 A series of Interior Department hearings on next years commercial fishery regulations for Alaska will begin at Kodiak, Sept. l5 and end at Seattle October l8 and 19.
 But the situation has become So serious that mere change in fishing regulations may not be enough" Baltzo told reporter.
 Something drastic must be done or the industry may pass out oi existence within few years.
 The current shutdown involves chiefly the lucrative pink salmon pack of Southeastern Alaska. The pink salmon season, which used to start as early as June, began Aug 9 this year. Afa4 z iR-
 Last year the pack was at an all time low of $88,o00,000. The de cline in prodnction has been ac. companied by price increase that long ago took salmon out of the cheap enough -for-cat-food class
 "Basically it's a case of over fishing - too much of all kinds of gear," said Baltzo
 Tt takes the big ones to pro- duce little ones -- and it's the big ones that are being Killed
 Baltzo, who arrived this weei from Alaska, said the sockeye or red salmon fishery, which has also been declining, was better than ex- pected and about the same as last year. The sockeye catch, an carly season industry located largely to the west of the pink salmon areas in Bristol Bay and Cook Inlet. pro- hably will outweigh the pink sal mon catch this year, as it did last year.
 Baltzo. University of Washing ton graduate, has returned to the Fish and Wildlife Service after more than year as operator of a store at Wrangell, Alaska, where he had been fishery agent.
 Working out of New Orleans and Brunswick, Ga, Baltzo took part in the shrimp research a decade ago which resulted in vast expan- sion of the Gulf of Mexico shrimp industry.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
RUSSIANS HAVEF00D
 TROUBLES
By RICHARD KASISCHKE

BERLIN. Aug. 17.-tR-Increas- ing economic troubles were reported today in the Russian Zone of Ger many as boomerang of the Soviet blockade of Berlin.
 Workers at the Krupp plant at Magdeburg were reported to have struck to protest food shortage. Some strikers were arrested.
 The British licensed newspaper, Social Democrat, told of industrial and commercial shutdowns m the Russian Zone because of lack or supplies which formerly were ob- tained from Western Germany.
 The supplies, chiefly coal and steel from the Ruhr, were shut oil when the Western Powers stopped trains from entering or leaving the Russian Zone. This was counter measure to the Soviet land block ade of Berlin, started late in June.
 The newspaper said the Magde- burg strike protested Russian re- quisitioning of occupation zone ioods for Berlin.
 The Russians have not denied persistent reports of food shortages 1 in their part of Germany. Short ages were said to be aggravated by seizures of stocks to support the Russian promise. to feed the entire city of Berlin. including the blockaded Western areas.
 The American colic or Germany had food trouble aslo. A crowd of 10000 demonstrated at Hof in Bav- aria against high food prices, and shouted approval of a resolu- tion calling for buyers strike. American and British planes sup plying the 2,o5O,0O0 Germans in Western Berlin started freighting in shoes and cigarets, as well as food and coal The planes took in 9,790 pairs of shoes made in Western Germany and 1,620,000 cigarets from surplus U s. Army stores
 The British licensed newspaper Telegraf said the Russians have sealed off an area of the Soviet British border near Salzwedel and erected rocket guns there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORk, Aug. l7.-tT-Clos- ing quotations of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3ss, American Can 85A, Anaconda 37, Curtiss- Wright 9N, International Harvest CT 29ls, Kennecott 57, New York Central ITS, Northern Pacific 22ls, U. s. Steel 77h. Pound $4.03A.
 Sales. today were 69O.o00 shares
 Averages today are as follows industrials 1925, rails .59.54, util- ities 34.74.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
RR RATE INCREASE
 ADDS 10 FISH BILL

WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. IT, Freight rate increases granted to the railroads by the Interstate Com merce Commission on July 27 will result in additional costs of about l6 million dollars per year to the fishing industry, Milton C. James, acting director of the Fish and Wild life Service, estimated today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
TO RE-NEG0TIATE BETWEEN ARMY AND
 WRANGELL SAWMMl

ID aid in e-negotiating the U. s. Army contract with the Wrangell Sawmill. Henry Roden, Juneau att torney. flew south yesterday via Pan American Airways to Portland, Ore. Roden will meet Col Otto Ohlson. who is receiver for the Wrangell Mill.
 The Army contract will be rene gotiated and some disposition made of the U. s. Army property, which is now in the Wrangell Mill passed into receivership year ago and has mot been in operation since then.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
Harry Dexter While, Former Asst. Sel. Of Treasury, Dies

FITZWILLIAM, N. H., Aug. IT, R-Harry Dexter White, 56, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury died here yesterday.
 White was a Treasury Depart ment monetary expert for a dozen years before he became Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
 Whites name came up during the recent Congressional investigation of Communist spy rings in the United States. Elizabeth T. Bentley testified that he had given informa- tion to Red agents White denied the accusation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
KEARNS FAMILY COMING

The family of William H. Kerns of the U. s. Bureau of Mines will arrive in Juneau on Saturday af- ternoon via Pan American Air ways. Mrs. Kerns and her son and daughter. Billy and Susy, have been living in Reno, Nevada. The Kerns will live in Douglas
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
WEATHGR REPORT
fu. s. WEArHER BUREAU,

GU. s. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-hour period ending 7:30 thlS morning In Juneau Maximum, IT, minimum 55.
 At, Airport Maximum, 75; minimum 48.
 F o R E C A $ T
 tJuneau and Vicinity Mostly cloudy with light rain shower tonight and Wednesday with decreasing cloudiness Wednesday alter noon. Not much change in temperature.
 PR E CIPI A T o N tPast 34 hours ending 7:3o m. today In Juneau City Trace; since August l, 2.68 inches; since July l. 9.83 inches. At the Airport Trace; since August 1, TIT inches; since July l, 6.6l inches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
NAVY'S OBSOLETE COURT
 MARTIAL

Effective Feb 1, the Army VIII revamp its system of military jus tice-thanks to last-minute amendment which Congress tack ed onto the Draft Act. But the medieval naval code. which metes out separate justice for the gold braid and the bellbottoms, still remains unchanged.
 Actually, Navy justice hasn't all tered basically since the rough tumble days of John Paul Jones. Even among the gold braid, Annapolis-graduated officers get preferred treatment before naval
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
SET UP TRAIL CAMP

A trail camp has been establish ed at Eagle River by the Admir- alty Division of the U. s. Forest Service. An eight man crew, un- der the direction of Eugene Hulk, is working on all the trails in that area.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
The W ashington Merry Co., Round
By DREW PEARSON
Copyright, -1948, by The Bell Syndicate.
 Incl

" ASHINGTON = Speaker Joe Martin and Senator Alben Barkley are on the opposite sides of the political fence, but. meeting by &C., cident at social function the oth- CT day, Speaker Martin went up to Barkley and said:
 Senator, I am sorry l have not had the opportunity to congratu- late you on the high honor that your party has seen fit to bestow upon you
 Well, you know it reminds me of the story of the man who had two sons," replied Senator Barkley One of them became sailor and went to sea. the other became Vice President and he hasn't heard from either one of them since
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
STEAMER MovEMENTS

Princess Louise scheduled to ar rive northbound at tonight. Leav- ing at 10.15. =
 Sword Knot arriving northbound today.
 Baranof arriving northbound at 2:30 D. m. today, leaving at pm.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
WINSTEADS HAVE SON

Mir and Mrs Charles Wmstead became the parents of a new son at 12:4l o'clock this morning. The baby weighed T pounds 2 ounces. Winstead is mechanic for the Yellow Cab Co.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
B BULLETINS }

AMMAN Trans Jordan Jewish forces heavily attacked Arab Le- zion positions at Deir Abu Tor in Southern Jerusalem today and were thrown back with several hum dred killed an official statement said today.
 WASHINGTON Count Folke Bernadotte has appealed to the United States for emergency food supplies to help 337,000 refugees from Jewish-A.ab fighting in Pal estine.
 LOS ANGELES Norman Thom- as says it will be "close to a mira cle' if Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Gov. Earl Warren aren't elected as Republican President and Vice President.
 WASHINGTON President Tru- man will leave Friday on a nine day cruise to rest and work on plans for a countrywide campaign ior the Presidency.
 CHICAGO Twenty-four thous- and CIO auto workers were called out on strike at sevent Interna- tional Harvester Company plants to- day under a last-minute change in signals.
 MANILA The Philippine gov- ernment today asked Ambassador Joaquin Elizalde in Washington to make representation to the United States for speeding the delivery of advance reparations from Japan.
 WEISBADEN, Germany An American Air Force fighter pilot was reported killed today when his parachute failed to open after he bailed out of an FAY Thunder bolt about 30 miles northeast of Munich.
 SHANGHAI Three soldiers and two civilians were killed today in the spectacular explosion of large Chinese army ammunition dump on the edge of Shanghai.
 RUGBY, N. D. About 60 per- sons were injured when ten cars of the Great Northern Railways westbound Oriental Limited left the tracks near this northwestern North Dakota town last night.
 NEW YORK The bodies of 5864 American war dead. includ- ing many who fell in the bitter fighting for St Lo, are scheduled to arrive at the Brooklyn Army Base Thursday aboard the U. s. Army transport Lawrence. Victory.
 SPOKANE A group of B-29 bombers will leave Friday for Oki- nawa to spend three months in over-water operational training missions, Spokane Air Force base officers said today.
 SEATTLE Funeral services for Capt. Max Garski, retired master mariner who died Saturday, win be held here tomorrow. He sailed for many years in command of the Libby Maine, an Alaska cannery ship.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
JOINS INSURANCE FIRM

Joe Mangan has accepted position as salesman with the Crown Life Insurance Company of Canada, which opened an office in Juneau last month. MT. Herb Rowland is general agent for the firm.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
SATELLITES

Among the Seattle guests at the Baranof Hotel are J E. Nepple. A. j. Kennedy. Peter Capowsky, L. N. Olsen. Roy A. Rutherford. Lynn Liehete and Dorothy Foreman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
THREE FROM PETERSBURG

Mrs. Frank Wooten. Mrs. Nell Dinner and Mrs. Verne Israelson of Petersburg are Juneau visit ors and are registersed at the Bar anOf Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
VISITOR FROM VALDEZ

Mrs. F. L. Dean and child are in town from Valdez and are stay ing at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-17
.(onoressman Accuses
 Truman of (onteaIing
 Fa(is on Communists

WASHINGTON, Aug. IT. - 'R = Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (R.-N.J5 today accused President Truman of trying to conceal" from the peo- pie the facts on Communist spying.
 In statement, Thomas also said the House Un-American Activities Committee has reports of still an- other espionage ring not yet men toned in Capitol Hill hearings.
 Thomas statement said the com mittee already has made shocking disclosures about the activities Of Communist agents who have been funneling vital and secret informa- ton or our government to Moscow for the benefits and advantages of foreign power"
 He added:
 Why the people have not been informed of these espionage activi- ties can be answered only by Presi- dnt Truman, for happen to know that there is locked in the files of the executive branch of the gov- i, ernment, the complete story and full facts of this sordid chapter in our history"
 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. l7.-R- House American Activities Com mittee seethed today with be. hind -the-scenes row over what ont member called "a violation of ar oath" by committee member ol staff aide.
 {! It seems that a solemn promise not to talk was exacted from ev- eryone present when Alger Hiss former State Department official testified at closed-door session yesterday Yet morning papers published many details of what i went on.
 One angry member told reporters today that he will demand that the committee investigate the leak" He asked them not to use his name until he makes his form al demand at the committees next session
 Committee members who could be reached would not comment. The committee has recessed its general investigation of alleged Communist spying for three weeks, but plans a meeting next week to bring Hiss and Whitaker Cham bers face to face.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-05-06
Clubs
Mrs. c. c. Parsons Honors
Niece At Luncheon SGT.

Mrs. c. c. Parsons entertained
with a luncheon at LIE Fluer's in
Jackson Saturday, May l, honoring
her niece, Miss Margaret Watkins,
Central High school senior.
The table was covered with a
white cloth centered with an ar
rangement of red and white carna-
tons carrying out the class colors.
Handpainted place cards showing a
girl in a cap and gown, symbolic of
the graduates attending the luncheon
were used.
Those who shared the pleasure
with the honoree were: her mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Parsons Watkins,
Miss Veva Lou Russell, Miss Mary
Lynn Dunlap, Miss Cissy Westbrook,
Miss Virginia Cavett, all of Jackson;
Miss Jeffie Lou Jones, Miss Ann
Wynn, Miss Penelope Shepherd and
Mrs. Parsons, of Lexington.
Mrs. Parsons, Miss Shepherd, Miss
Jones and Miss Wynn attended a tea
given by Mrs. Alexander Dunlap
honoring Miss Watkins, Miss Russell
and Miss Dunlap on the same day
from four until six.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-05-06
Seniors Present Comedy
At High School Friday

Handy Man." three-act comedy,
was presented by the senior High
school class in the Grommar School
auditorium Friday night at 8 o.
clock under the direction of Miss
Clara Watson, class sponsor. A ca
pacity crowd was present, with the
total in ticket sale and advertising
netting $4,000.
Announcing the play was Warrene
White. Ushers were Grace Brown,
Jacqueline Montgomery, Virginia
Sykes, Charles Ellison, Virgil In
gold, Ramon Tate. Charles Lee Tru-
lit, and Sonny White.
After the play Miss Watson honor
ed members Of the class with a party
at her home, where the birthday
cake, which was in the play, was cut
and served, along with hot dogs and
other refreshments. At the party she
was presented a silver pattern by
the class in token of their apprecia-
ton of her sponsorship.
Students in the play were:
Mitzie Miller, Jeffie Lou Jones;
Ben Miller, Donald Boatwright;
Kathie Miller, Penelope Shepherd;
Harriet Miller, Anne Wynn; Fred
Miller, Aubrey Rogers; Mrs. Cooney
Pauline Rodgers; Ducky Upton, Pat
ricia Bailey; Joe Robertson, Johr
Murrell McRae: Mary Jane Price
Martha Julia Upchurch; Spike O.
Brien, Henry Paris; Mrs. Custer
Edith Mae Elliott; Sidney Collins
Bobby Mayo; Bert Morris, Jack o.
Kelly; Mrs. Robertson, Connie Tay
lor; Lenore Long, Julia Faye Truitt
radio announcer and stage manager
Marlin Majors.
The Gene of the play was a small
university town. The hilarious com
edy was enthusiastically received by
the large audience.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-05-06
Women Start Lessons
In Flower Arrangement
By Mrs. A. M. Dotv

The initial meeting of the class in
Flower Arrangement study was held
at the Methodist Educational build
ing Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. P. H. Williams gave the first
in a series of lessons on Color Har-
mony in Flower Arrangements show
ing on the color chart the pure hues
and how to find their values by GO
ing on inward from the center band.
These classes are sponsored by the
Lexington Garden club and those
interested in arranging flowers in
the modern manner are invited to
attend. There are no charges and
there are no examinations.
Mrs. G.. H Marlborough is chair
man of this project and has appoint
ed Mrs. A. M. Doty as publicity
chairman, and to select the chapter
for study next week. The general
subject of "Color" will be continu-
ed with special emphasis next week
on complementary and split compile
mentary arrangements.
Mrs. G. H. Marlborough announces
Miss Meta Moore will teach the class
next week and will make arrange
ments to illustrate the lesson while
she is presenting it.
The class will be held on Monday
of next week, at 4:30 p. m. in the Me-
thodist Educational building.