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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
ATOMIC WORKERS
 THREATEN STRIKE,
 CAMBRIDGE PLANT

WASHINGTON. March 19.-B- The White House reported today there is a good chance of heading off a threatened midnight walkout of 900 Atomic Laboratory workers at Oakridge, Tenn.
 Presidential Press Secretary Chas G. Ross told reporters 'it is quite possible an agreement will be reach ed during the day"
 Ross added that President Tru- man slso has received "a very en- couraging message from the Union that if the status quo is maintained there will be no strike"
 But Ross said that if settlement is not reached, the provisions of the Taft Hartley law will be followed. This apparently meant that the Gov ernment will seek court injunction to ban a strike for 30 days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
WASH. LEGISLATURE FREE TO INVESTIGATE UNAMERICAN ACTION


 OLYMPIA, March 19.-R-The Washington State Legislatures un- American Activities Committee was free today to continue it's inyes- tigations.
 Constitutionality of the committee was upheld by the State Supreme Court yesterday in a 5-3 decision that ordered State Treasurer Russel H. Fluent to cash salary and ex- pense warrants of committee em- ployees.
 The majority opinion, written by Judge William J. Willard, held that "the function of investigation dur ing the interim is an inherent power in the Legislature.
 The committees constitutionality hid been questioned on grounds that its activities extended the Leg islature beyond it's 60-day limita- tions.
 The possibility of legal difficulties however, still confronted the com- mittee.
 William J. Pennock, President of the Washington Pension Union which challenged the groups leg ality, said in Seattle that his or ganization will shortly take 'furth- e legal steps under both State and Federal laws"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
BOY SCOUT TROOP B
 MEETING LAST NIGHT

Boy Scout Troop 23 held their re- gular meeting last night at 7;30 o'clock in the Holy Trinity Church on Gold Street. H
 The meeting started with the Pledge to the Flag and inspection of the members. Jerry Shaw was appointed Quartermaster for the Troop. Donald MacKinnon. Senior Patrol Leader lead the Troop in outdoor games, after the games were finished, Bob Boochever, Scout master, had the Troop work on the wooden neckerchief slides. Donald MacKinnon then showed the Troop how to handle the axe and hatchet.
 The Troop at the present time are having patrol contest with the Beaver Patrol with the latter in the lead at the present time.--Troop Scribe, Eddie Dull.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
"SINBAD, SAILOR" K CAPIT0l'S FEATURE

Swashbuckling adventures on land and sea, along with absorbing TO- nance, are enacted in RKO Radio s lavish Technicolor extravaganza "Sinbad The Sailor starring Doug las Fairbanks, Jr., Maureen O'Hara and Walter Slezak. This feature is at the Capitol Theatre for this weekend.
 Sinbad, the seafaring adventurer whose seven voyages are graphically described in the Arabian Nights here undertakes an eighth voyage every bit as exciting as those relat- ed by Scheherazade. The fabulous treasure of Alexander the Great is Sinbads goal in this voyage.
 The powerful and wealthy Emir of Daiaul also has designs on this treasure and proves to De a worthy foe of the intrepid adventurer. In the entourage of the Emir is Shir- cen, a beautiful adventures, whose charms so completely intrigue Sin Lad that he abducts her.
 Though loving her intensely, he doesn't trust her Hence, the TO- nance is anything but placid; in fact, it often flares into open vio- lence.
 However, she is happy enough to come into Sinbad's arms after he has sent the Emir and his men to a picturesque end and sails away with her into a gorgeous Oriental sun set.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
SONS OF ITALY IN AMERICA 10 ASSIST
 IN CONNIE DEFEAT

WORCESTER Mass, March l9 -iR-The order of the Sons of Italy in America today laid down a program designed to assist in the deieat of Communism in Italy.
 Through it's national publication, Osia News, the order is appealing to the Italian people to vote against the Communist party in Italy's Ap- Til election.
 A. Alfred Marcello, director O. the publication, said members are being asked to airmail the April issue of the Supreme Lodges news paper to relatives and friends in Italy.
 The Sons of Italy has about 100,- coo members in 37 states.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
SENATE APPROVES
 IDEA INCOME TAX
 GUT FOUR BILLION

WASHINGTON, March 19.-4R-- The Senate today approved the idea of holding a proposed income tax cut to $4,800,000,0 ,000 A final vote may come by nightfall
 The House-passed bill calls for a cut of s6,5O0,oo0, 900. The Senate Fin ance Committee has recommended that s17oo, 100000 be trimmed from tie House total.
 The Senate approved this recom- mendation by voice-vote adoption of the first of series of amend ments proposed by the tax-writing finance group. The committees bill set the tax cut figure at $4,800000,- 0o0.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
MYSTERY

LOS ANGELES, March 19.-lR-- Policeman J. N. Coberly entered a tavern early today just in time to find 12 customers and the bartender held at bay, and masked gunman, with S542 from the till, going out the door of the Little Girls room.
 "Ho-ho!" thought Coberly. "The guy took the wrong door; we've got him!.... he locked the door marked ladies" then called for reinforce ments.
 When the cops, with drawn guns, cautiously opened the door they found, alas, that the powder room had a window. That left them with a natural question: How did the stickup man know that?"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
"H0TEL RESERVE"
 AT 2OTH CENTURY

Suspense, mystery, romance and comedy are ingeniously blended to provide splendid entertainment in RKO Radios Hotel Reserve" which is a screen adaptation from Eric Ambler's "Epitaph For a Spy" This feature is at the goth Century for tonight only.
 Hotel Reserve" derives from the police investigation into a case of espionage in the South of France, just prior to the present war. The guilty person is proved one of number of guests staying at a holi- day hotel, after the first suspect. young refugee doctor, whose cam era has recorded secret shots of Toulon naval Qualifications, estab- fishes his integrity.
 f His desperate efforts to prove his innocence to the doubtful author ties make it apparent that the real culprit is among the other visitors.
 How the police use the doctor to trap the criminal, the ingenious manner in which each of the guests come under suspicion, and finally the unravelling of the baffling mys- tery and subsequent apprehension of the criminal, are among the high lights leading to the suspenseful conclusion.
 James Mason starring with Lucie Mannheim, and his characterize tion also makes him the central fig ire in a delightful romance with Clare Hamilton, cast as an American girl on holiday in France. Lucie Mannheim, is the mysterious man. ageress of the hotel, while Martin Miller, Raymond Lowell, Julien Nit chell, Frederick Yak and Herbert Lom are in the brilliant cast
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
SPEECH MADE BY CONNIE SHARES
 FIGHTING, ROME

ROME, MarcSi 19.-lR-Fighting broke out at big Lettist rally in the middle of Rome today and police riot squads were summoned to re- store order.
 The battling erupted after speech by Luigi Longo, Italy's No. ? Com munist.
 The popular front rally in Rome's Piazza Santi Apostili, not far from Piazza Venezia. was one of the three political meetings being held almost simultaneously on this holiday-St. Joseph's Day.
 Police quickly quelled the disorders at the Leftist rally and no casualties were reported.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
BARTENDER DIES, LEAD POISONING,
 BY FORMER BOSS

CLEVELAND, March 19.-IR-A woman tavern owner shot and killed 35-year-old former employee to- day after he climbed ladder and entered the bedroom window of her apartment, police reported.
 Raymond Callaghan, 35 died with revolver bullets in his heart and arm, and the woman, Miss Marie Kozubal, 40, was wounded in the arm and chest by Callaghan's rifle, police It. Charles A. Neugebauer said.
 Somebody shot at me, and I shot back" Miss Kozubal told the officer.
 Callaghan, police records showed, was on two-year probation after pleading guilty to breaking into the same apartment last fall and steal ing a gun and about $50. He had heen a bartender in Miss Kozubals $ West Side tavern until she discharg- ed him a year ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
NEW CLASHES IN
 JERUSALEM AREA

JERUSALEM, Efarch 19.-R- Eight Jews and 12 Arabs were slain today in new clashes throughout Palestine.
 Arab demolition squads cut the East-West highway into the strat- egically important Besian Valley southeast of Haifa, posing threat to wipe out the valley settlements.
 Nine Arabs were killed and three injured when two Arab trucks were fired on by party of 50 Jews north of Acre, in upper Galilee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
EUROPEAN AID PLAN
 APPROVED BY HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS

WASHINGTON, March l9.-R- The $5,300,000, 900 European Recov- cry Program was approved formally today by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senate Commit- tee voted $275, ,0O80O0 military help for Greece and Turkey and also on economic and military help for China. m
 The committee finished the Flu ropean program by a IA to vote which members said was strictly along party lines.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
N0RTHLAND ANNOUNCES
 KEW SAILING SCHEDULE

SEATTLE, March 19.- R The Northland Transportation Company today announced a new schedule of sailing dates for it's steamship AL aska, which, beginning Thursday, will sail for Southeast Alaska ports every other Thursday at 10 am.
 General cargo will be received un- til pm. the Tuesday before sail ing, with cold storage and cool room cargo accepted until noon the day before sailing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
TpUMAN'5 ADDRESS BARRED, (zECHLAM

PRAGUE, March 19.- R The American Embassy announced today that a United States bulletin car rying the text of President Tru- mans address to Congress has been barred from the mail in Czechosio- vakia.
 A Prague Post Office official tele- phoned to say that yesterdays is- sue of the bulletin had been confis- cated.
 The U. s. Information Service is- sues daily bulletin in the Czech language reporting developments oi American policy. Normally several hundred copies are mailed to hbrar- ies. schools and interested individ- uals.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
SUES FOR DIVORCE

Mary Jane Ballinger has filed suit in U. s. District Court here for divorce from Howard E. Bal finger, Jr., on grounds of incom- patibility and cruelty. They were married at Skagway on January 12, 1946 and have one child for which the plaintiff requests GUS today. No property rights are in- volved but the plaintiff asks the court for $l00 per month and costs. The suit was placed by Attorney M. E. Monagle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
LOGGING INDUSTRY
 WORK E AVAILABLE

Openings for experienced men in the logging industry in out-of-town camps are now available through the facilities of the Alaska Terri torial Employment Service, accord ing to Gus H. Gissberg, local of flee manager.
 Applicants for the following posi- ions are sought: Hooktenders, Rig ging Singers, Choker Setters, Boommen, Whistlepunk, Yarding Engineers, Donkey Engineer, Fall CTS.
 Employer specifications require that successful applicants be fully experienced and able-bodied.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
sITKA PRISONER HERE

Benjamin Sztuk of Sitka, was brought here yesterday by Deputy U. s. Marshal Sid Thompson tc await Grand Jury action on Grand Larceny charges. He is accused of stealing $l06 from an Alaska Native Service safe at Mount Edgecumbe and is being held 1T lieu of s2,0O0 bail.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
SURVEY CREW LEAVES

Leonard Berlin, Public Survey Office cadastral engineer, left to- day with his crew for Sitka where they will spend the next two weeks surveying homesite areas in that vicinity. The group will then travel to Ketchikan for similar work.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
x-RAYING IS TO START MONDAY;
 HOURS ARE GIVEN
City Health Officer Dr. {. L Carter Stresses Im-
 portanGe of Survey

Juneau's offensive against tuber- culosis will be led by the Governor and Mrs. Ernest Gruening and Mayor Waino E. Hendrickson, who will be the first of the residents of Gastineau Channel to be given .ree chest X-rays when the first clinic for the tuberculosis mass X-ray survey opens Monday morn ing at g o'clock in the Methodist Church social rooms, Dr. c. c. Carter, city health officer, said today.
 The volunteer workers assigned to arrange appointment schedules have been devoting long hours through the days and evenings this week to the task and are to be commended for their efficient handling of a difficult job, Dr. Carter said.
 Volunteers of the canvassing committee are now distributing the dJJOllltlilbA4b Nd1Qo OiA WlilCli llAC date and hour for each individuals X-ray appears. All canvassers are urged to respond immediately when notified their appointment cards are ready for distribution.
 Dr. Carter stressed the impor- tance for keeping appointments in order that the survey program may run smoothly. If for any reason an individual is unable to keep his appointment for an x-ray he is asked to telephone 218, the Pub lie Health Center, and an appoint ment for another date will be made
 Any individual who was missed :! fy canvasser, can still make an appointment for a free chest X-ray by telephoning 218. The survey clinics as arranged by Mrs. Lois M. Jund, admins trative director and. tuberculosis education consultant for the Terri torial Department of Health, will be held from Mondays through Thursdays, with the exception of Thursday, March 25, which is Maundy Thursday and no clinic will be held. Clinics will not be held on Fridays and Saturdays these two days being held open lor recall schedules for those K rays showing indications of tuber- culOsis.
 Clinic schedules will be as fol- lows; Monday, 9-11:30 a. m. and l-3: 80 pm; Tuesday, 9-11:30 am. and 7-9 pm; Wednesday, 1-3:3C D. m, and 7-9 D. m.; Thursday 9-11:30 am., 7-9 p. m.
 ''The actual survey will take only a few moments of each persons time, said Dr. Carter. The most up-to-date equipment capable Of handling more than one person a minute will be used No disrobing will be necessary, and the opera tion is painless. All X-ray re- suits are confidential and indivi- duals whose X-rays indicate fur ther study is desirable will be ad- vised to consult their physician
 For many individuals it will be the first time their chests have been examined for tuberculosis ano it is gratifying to know by the large number of people who have registered for appointments that the majority of residents on Cas- tineau Channel are personally in- terested in stamping out tuberculo- sis in Alaska.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
Tremors Every Half
 Hour; Cause, Trains

HAWKING, March l9.-tRIScien- tisJs at the Academia Scinica Obser- vatory are looking for new loca- tion for their seismograph. The ins- trument has been recording a tremor every half hour-tremors caused by trains downhill from the Observat- ory-not by earthquakes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT

A discussion of the City dog problem is expected to come up at tonights meeting of the Juneau City Council. The meeting will be- gin at 8 D. m. in the City Coun- cil Chambers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
SUICIDE VERDICT

A coroner's jury. yesterday af- ternoon. found that 2S-year-old Russell Hobson had committed sui eide. Death, said the jurors, was caused by hanging. The KlaWock native was found early yesterday in the Martin Apartments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
POLICE ARREST TWO

Two persons were arrested yes terday by City Police and booked as drunk. They are Leonard John son and Agnes Carillo. Trials will be held tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
DebIIGLAS
 vH WIS
THREE GAMES LAST NIGHT


 Three games of good exciting basketball were enjoyed by a fair crowd last evening in the Douglas gymnasium.
 The first game was between the Douglas fourth and fifth grade and the Juneau Catholic fourth and fifth grades, with the Juneau team winning by a score of 10 to U.
 The sixth grades of the two schools then tangled with tne final score of the second game IA to l2 in Douglas favor.
 The linal and best game was between the seventh grade Doug las school and the seventh and eighth grades of the Juneau Catholic school which ended In Douglas favcr by score of 32-30.
 Another three game series IS scheduled for a week from next Tuesday in the Douglas gym as a return match, and as last eve ming there will be no admission and all are invited.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
POWERS TO sITKA

Maurice Powers Regional Boy Scout executive, left here yesterday for Sitka, where he will spend a week on Scout business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19

MT. and Mrs. A. M. Kessler, Earl Ellinger, and Charlie Mcknight of Juneau, are registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
CHURCH SERVICES

Regular services will be held at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, be- ginning Sunday at 8 pm. The Rev. Samuel A. McPhetres, Rector of the Church of the Holy Trim ity, Juneau, will be in charge of the services. FFs
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
CARLYLE VISITS

Jack Carlyle, Haines business man. arrived last evening for a visit with his wife and son, who make their home here. Carlyle was last home in the late fall, so he intends to spend a week or ten days visiting this trip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
ED JoHNsoNs HERE

MT. and Mrs. Edwin c. Johnson and son Carl were Douglas visit ors yesterday and today, and are stepping at the Baranof Hotel in Juneau. The family will leave shortly for the summer fishing activities at Pelican, where John son is an official of the Whiz Fish Company.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
D.I.w.C. HOSTS

The Douglas Island Woman's $ Club was host Wednesday eve ming to the Juneau Woman's Club in a St. Patrick's Day Party held in the assembly room of the Doug las school. About 30 members of the Juneau Club were in attend ance despite the extreme slushy condition of the highways. The evening was spent in games and entertainment provided by Mrs. Marcus Jensen and her committed also in charge of the refreshments during the evening. and the St. Patrick's Day decorations. A very enjoyable evening has been re- ported by those attending.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
IS FOUR

Miss Roberta Robbie" Thorpe is four years of age today and will celebrate the occasion with a par ty tonight in the family home of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Robert Thorpe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19
FAIRBANKS VISITOR

Milton Ward of Fairbanks is in Juneau and staying at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-03-19

Empire want-Ads bring results!
Montana labor news., 1948-07-29
SHEEPSHEARERS
REFLECT BUTTE
MAN AS HEAD

LaVor Taylor OF Butte was reelected
president OF the Sheep Shearers union
Of North America, No. !, by acclama-
ton at the closing session OF the five
day convention OF the organization
Friday evening at Eagles hall.
Other officers elected included six
vice presidents, who we're IL. N. Col
lings, Provo, Utah, first; William
Brownell. Oakdale, Calf, third; 5. II.
L.ough, Twin Falls, Idaho, fourth f;
Richard Oliver. Pilot Rock, Ore, fifth /,
Phil Sutton, Cody, Wyo, sixth, and
Donald Brooke. Oakdalc, Calf, sew
enth. Oscar Hansen OF Provo is a
carry-oyer as second vice president.
Members OF the unions executive
board spent the morning hours Friday
in a stockholders meeting OF the Sheep
Shearcrs Merchandise and Commission
company at Ia West Platinum. The
executive board members are directors
Of the commission firm.
The subject OF committee ncpotia-
tons between the Sheep Shearcrs'
union and the National Wool Growers
association occupied a principal place
on the Thursday afternoon program
The unions officials said they expected
that satisfactory contracts would be
attained in the near future.
Among the resolutions introduced
and passed al the final session was
one for the promotion of better rcla-
tons between the shearers and tn,
wool growers. The shearcrs will seek
to help the growers in various way:
to improve all branches Of the WOO
industry.
Montana labor news., 1948-07-29
Wholesale Prices Hit New A||-Time High
Break Through 1920 Record
Leyels--New Boost Seen

WASHINGTON Wholesale prices
a, measured by an index OF 900 COM
modltles priced by the bureau OF labor
statistics. pushed upward to shatter all
known records dating back to the year
$500
The new record was set Tor the
week ending July II when the index,
paced by a B. per cent jump IN 0
prices. rose Is points to II, new dizzy
level. loS9 per cent OF the 1926 Az
cragc. aud IA per cent over a year
app.
The Els announcement OF the
wholesale price jump came on the
exc ii the special session OF Congress
called by President Truman to tackle
as IT'S nam objective the high cost Of
living. The president has given in
ila,ion control legislation top priority
on the proposed legislative program
he Ia, requested oi Congress.
The likely effect OF such rising
Wholesale prices Tor consumers will
be to boost the consumers price in
dcN, which has already surpassed
World War | records. still higher, thus
placing All even greater squeeze on
the average American consumer.
Since the latest BIS report IN prices
doe, not include the recent price IN
crease announced BY the nations huge
steel industry. the outlook Tor con-
suincrs take on an eve more trightcn-
ing aspect. The 9 per cent steel price
increase will undoubtedly be reflected
i'll higher costs to the public for every
thing ranging from ships and highway
bridges To TN ans and bobby pins.
Any boost III the price OF a basic com
modify like steel generally results IN
higher prices all along the line from
the original producer to the ultimate
consumer.
The prior record Tor the BIS whole
sale price index was IL May, l920,
following the first World War. The
index then stood at lb7.2.
The new index increase was caused
hy boosts Of 52 per cent Tor the week
IN average food prices and per cent
in average iarm prices.
Food wholesale prices were ) per
cent higher than their highest point
las, January. During the July II
week, meats advanced sharply BIS
said, with pork 5 per cent higher and
mutton up % per cent.
Wholesale price increases Tor lard
sugar. coffee and wheat flour helped
shove average food prices up to /;
point So per ccnt higher than a month
ago and 1873 per cent higher than :
year ago.
Among farm products, price in
creascs for livestock. eggs and iced
contributed 10 the hise IN that group.
The BIS began keeping the whole
sale index in 1900 when the agency
wa part of the III department
BIS ha, been in the labor department
since that department was created IN
4 1913.
As historical background Tor its own
statistics, the BIS has adopted whole
>alc indices prepared by a committee
ior Congress Tor the period between
1850 and 1890 and, PRIOR to that. by
civilians whose work IS accepted as
the most accurate figures available Tor
the prc-lSD are.