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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
FWS w 0ULD
 REGULATE ALL FISHING GEAR
Fish ermen 5 Reactions Sought on Limitations,
 License, Lottery

Limitation and licensing of other fishing gear operating in Alaska is being proposed as basis for legis- lation, in connection with that to follow out the Territorial referendum for abolition of fishtraps.
 The proposal originates with the Fish and Wildlife Service. and is outlined in telegram received to- day by Clarence J. Rhode, regional director, from Albert M. Day, di- rector.
 The same message was sent to representatives of the Alaska Salmon industry and to fishermen's groups.
 The proposed sal lmon control legislation commented Director Rhode today, spells out a wide de- parture from anything ever advo- cated for management of the sal- mon resources in Alaska
 Regarding flshtraps. Rhode said, No details were received regarding the method by which the traps would be eliminated, but it is con- sidered likely hy officials that the abolition of traps might be accom- plisiled in less time than specified in the referendum. (Note: This provided for gradual asolishment over lO-year period)
 
 Fishermen's views, and those of Alaska packers and business men are urgently desired by the FWS, ac- cording to Loth Director Day and Regional Director Rhode.
 These five principles would form the basis for the new Congressional act which would be necessary
 l. Every person or company en- gagged in fishing would be required to obtain license or permit prior ito engaging in such operations.
 2. The owner Of every hoat. en- ployed or engaged in fishery would be required to obtain license or permit covering it's use in salmon fishing.
 3. Licenses or permits would be granted to all persons and companies actually engaged in fishing in AL aska during the years l946, 1947 and l948
 4. In subsequent years, issuance of additional licenses CT permits would be to applicants by lottery, as authorized for each area.
 5. License or permit would be subject to revocation or suspension for violations of the fishing regula- tions
 All persons having an II, ,,..sesest in these drastic changes proposed for management of Alaska salmon runs. are urged to make their views known | by armail or wire to the FWS Re- gional Director Juneau, Alaska. or to the Director, Fish and Wldlife Service, Washington, D. c.
 tAny communications on this pro- posal sent to The Empire will be promptly turned over to the F'WS).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
RUSS TOWER BLOWN UP
 BY FRENCH
Soviet's Berlin Radio Sta- lion Knocked 0ut-Ti-
 rddes May Cease
tBy The Associated Press)

The French blew up today the towers of Russias Berlin radio, which has been broadcasting long tirades against the Western Allies.
 The towers were in the French sector. The French said they no- tified the station managers Nov. 20 the towers would have to come down because they endangered air. lift planes.
 The Russians have another tower outlet 20 miles east of the city, but it is vastly inferior to that the French destroyed. Radio Ber- lin, the Russians most effective propaganda outlet, remained off the air since the Reds apparently were unable immediately to set up alternate towers.
 The Russians said nothing for the moment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
TWO COUNTS
 RETURNED;;HE
 LIED, CHARGE
Climax Comes 10 18-Month Probe of Alleged Com
 mic Espionage

NEW YORK, Dec 16.-tR-Alger Hiss today pleaded innocent to a Federal Grand Jury's charge he lied when he denied giving secret government papers to ex-communist agent Whitaker Chambers.
 The indictment was returned last night as a climax to an 18-month jury probe of alleged communist espionage
 Hiss, 44-year- former hig h. ranking policy adviser in the State Department, made his plea in a firm, clear voice.
 Federal Judge John w. Clancy fixed Jan. 24 as the tentative date for the trial after ordering that Hiss be fingerprinted and photographed.
 The judge set $5,000 bail
 Hiss, now on paid leave of ab- sence from a $2O, ,000-a-year post as head of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, was charg- ed on two perjury counts. Maximum penalty of each is a $2,C00 fine ana five years imprisonment.
 The indictment said Hiss ''unlaw- fully, knowingly and wilfully" swore falsely that (A) he did not slip confidential State Department docu- ments to Chambers, and (B) that he did not talk to Chambers in February and March, 1888.
 Chambers is a confessed pre-war courier of Red intelligence.
 Following his indictment, Hiss ls- sued this statement through his attorney.
 My testimony before the Grand Jury was entirely truthful he said.
 The indictment came at the end of the grand jury's 18-months term
 A new panel was to be formed to- day. prepared to take over any un- finished work from the released jurors.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
Rainbow Girls Ball Saturday Evening";
 Initiation for Four

Initiation of four candidates in- to the Rainbow Girls will precede the annual Rainbow Christmas Ball Saturday evening at the Scottish Rite Temple.
 Initiation will be held at 7:3O o'clock with the ball beginning in the main ball room at 9:3O o'clock.
 Candidates who are to be taken into the fraternal organization are Marion Jackson, Elizabeth Peter son, Beth Fleek and Eloise De- land
 All friends of Rainbow are in vited to attend the affair. Re- treatments will be served follow ing the dance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
HIGH COURT
 INSTRUCTED
 BY US. GOVT.
Asked Not 10 Hamper" with Int. Tribunal Verdict
 on Tojo, Six Others

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-tR- The United States government pleaded with the Supreme Court today not to "tamper" with the international tribunal which doom ed former Premier Tojo and six other Japanese war lords to death.
 A brief filed in advance of today's historic war crimes argu- ments cited the governments deep concern lest irreparable damage be done" if the American court "ar- rogates" to itself power to review the Tokyo tribunals actions.
 Solicitor General Philip B. Perl man said any such move not only would be a blow to peaceful and judicial settlement of information al disputes and "the continued growth of world law" but:
 "Other cooperative endeavors /. such as United Nations activities, also will suffer-"
 The high court set aside three hours for today's arguments-an hour more than customary. After listening to the debate, the Justices likely will take up the cases in their regular closed conference on Saturday.
 Their decision may be announc- ed Monday or, if not then, on the courts next opinion-reading day January B.
 The decision will affect all 25 of the top Japanese leaders convicted by the Tokyo tribunal, even though only seven Of the 25 appealed. Tojo is not one of the seven.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
FORUM ON ALASKA IS
 UNDERWAY
Ten Day Session for Dis lussion of Problems of
 Territory Being Held
By vERN HAUGHLAND

WASHINGTON Dec. 16-R-- The Interior Department is con- ducting a To-day forum on Alaska, first of its kind.
 All Interior Department officials and bureaus interested in the Terri tory are represented at the meet ings, which started Dec 8 and are to continue through next Friday
 The purpose, said Department spokesman Carlton Skinner, is to solve various administrative prob lems and to provide for more close ly coordinated action in the future.
 Assistant Secretary William E. Warne, who is particularly charged with Alaskan affairs, is presiding The day-long conferences are con- sidered so important, however, that Secretary Krug and Undersecretary Oscar Chapman have heen sitting in on many of them.
 Statehood Bill
 Skinner said Alaska DelegateiE L. Bartlett told the gathering he is going to reintroduce his statehood bill at the next session of Con- gress He added that Bartlett is op- timistic about approval
 Alaska Governor Ernest Gruen- ing had also told the meet ing, Skinner said, that he saw no opposition within the Territory to statehood. However, some Alas kans have opposed statehood on the grounds the Territory lacks population and financial stability needed to support state govern ment.
 Gruening's Nomination
 President Truman nominated Gruening for a second four-year term this year, but the Senate failed to confirm him. The Presi- dent is expected to repeat the nomination to the new Congress.
 Other Alaskan officials in Wash .ngton for the meeting include Kenneth J. l.adow, director of Interiors Alaska Field Staff, and Col. John P. Johnson, general man. ager of the Alaska Railroad.
 Skinner said subjects under dis cussion at the closed sessions in- clude: What should be done about Indian land claims, about proposed Indian and Eskimo reservations, and about Native rights in general. Industrial development, including the establishment of pulp mills. Railarod rehabilitation and road building. Possible export of AL askan coal Possible establishment of synthetic fuels plant in AL aska coal areas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
SeIdovia Woman
 Passes On, Seattle

SEATTLE, Dec. 16.-R- Mrs. Barbara Wick, 56, who came here five months ago from Seldovia, Alaska, died yesterday at her home. Rosary will be sung tomorrow night and Requiem Mass at noon Saturday, both at the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church. She was native of Kodiak, Alaska. Her husband, Arne. brother, Rufus, and two nephews and niece, all of Seldovia, survive.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
VESSEL OWNERS TO
 ELECT DIRECTORS
 AT FRIDAY MEETING

Edward J. Krause, secretary for the Juneau Vessel Owners, Inc, announced today that there will be an important meeting of the organization held on Friday eve ming at 8 o'clock in the Fisher mems Hall.
 Members of the Board of Direct ors will be held and delegate will be chosen to attend the Interna- tional Fisheries Commission meet ing Tn Seattle on January I2.
 At the present time, there are 36 members in the Juneau Vessel Owners organization.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Dec. 16-lRl-Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, American Can 81h, Anaconda 32M. Curtiss- Wright 712, International Harvest CT 27ss, Kennecott 56ls, New York Central 13ls, Northern Pacific l8%, U. $. Steel 70A, Pound $4.03A
 Sales today were 100000 shares.
 Averages today are as follows. industrials l7583, rails 5306, util- ities 33l8.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
Marines Are
 In Shanghai

SHANGHAI, Dec. 16.-R- The United States Marines are back in Shanghai for the first time since 1941. Nearly 700 leathernecks oi the Ninth regiment have arrived on the navy transport Bayfield, from Tsingtao.
 The marines are here to protect American citizens in an emergency. Except for shore patrol and liberty parties, they are to remain aboard the transport n ne e d e ln force in the city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
GLIDER RESCUE E
 THREATENED BY
 SEVERE WEATHER

MISSIONER AIRFORCE BASE, Mass, Dec. 16.- -lR- Fierce Arctic weather today threatened to delay daring glider attempt to rescue nine U. S. fliers isolated on bleak, snow-clad Greenland plateau.
 Goose Bay, Labrador, reported a hlinding snowstorm tlanketing much of the north country as rescue equip ment was assembled at Narsarssauk 100 miles from the stranded air men.
 Officers said weather reports were "sketchy" and it could not be de- termined immediately if the storm would delay the rescue mission.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
Defense Syslem
 Costly
Needs 0verhauIing De- tIares Hoover Com. Task
 Force in Report

WASHINGTON, Dec Is. --tR-- This country's national defense sys- tenn is enormously" costly and it's machinery needs overhauling, a Hoover Commission task force" re- ported today.
 A 2ll-page critique said the uni fled m litary establishment set up by law last year "is, on the whole, soundly constructed, but is not yet working well"
 A Remember advisory committee to the commission on organization of the executive branch of the Govern ment, headed by former President Herber Hoover, cautioned that Rus sian strategy may be to keep Amer ican defense costs mounting in an effort to gain victory by bank ruptcy.'
 RECOMMENDATIONS
 The committee recommended this six-point program to hold dollar outlays within bounds and improve the operations of the security set up:
 1. Give the Secretary of Defense more direct control over the three armed forces because his present d fficulties lie in vague authority ?. Take steps to assure fuller measure of teamwork" among the offices and services which compose the national military establishment and the top-level national security organization.
 3. Overhaul the military budget system because the military serv- .ces are far too prodigal with Gov ernment funds"
 4. Relate scientific research more closely to strategic planning.
 Forrestal es t e day announced the creation of joint chiefs-re- search toard group on weapons eval uation)
 MOBILIZATION 5. Speed up plans for civilian motilizat on in case of war, includ- ing economic industrial and man. power mobilization. In another sec tion, the committee said the condi- tion of the nations stockpile of strategic materials needed for war is "deplorable.
 6. Make adequate provision for use of and protection against "un- conventional means of warfare" This includes mot only the atom bomb but other pathological and biological and chemical weapons that have ap- peared, definitely and terribly, upon | the horizon of warfare"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Norah, from Vancouver, scheduled to arrive at 730 o'clock tonight bound for Skagway
 Denali, from Seattle, scheduled to arrive Sunday. Is Christmas ship.
 Victoria scheduled to sail from Seattle today
 Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow.
 Baranof, from west, scheduled southbound Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
CHURCHILL APPEALS

An appeal from the judgment of the Municipal Magistrates Court was filed in District Court yes- terday, in the case of the City of Juneau vs. Robert Churchill
 On December 4, Acting Judge William L. Paul, Jr., fined Church. ill $50 and costs, taxed at SIP, for speeding.
 A jury of six men had found Churchill guilty on this count, not guilty of crossing an intersection without adequate visibility.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
The W ashington Merry -Go- Round
Rv DREW PEARSON
tCopyright. i94s, by The Bell Syndicate.
 Incl

WASHINGTON Ma d a m e Chiang Kai-shek, now 56 but still beautiful. is the victim of a diff cult Chinese circle.
 In China she is unpopular be- cause she is considered too pro- American. Yet she renamed pow erful because she was able to wangle munitions from the USA. When American munitions were found in the hands of the Japa- nese and later the Communists, however, the flow stopped, and with this stoppage then Madame Chiang's popularity dropped-ln both the United States and China. Several days ago she embarked on a frantic, hopeless mission to woo back the Chinese supply line by securing aid from the U. 5.
 Her only asset in this lobbying battle was charm. Of this she has ample, though her effectiveness has
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
spy HUNTERS GOING AFTER
 NEW EVIDENCE.
Promise More Sensations Indicate Espionage Is
 Sill Going On

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-lR- Congressional spy hunters today promised new and up-to-t the min ute sensations, now that the cele- brated Chambers case shifts from Capitol Hill to Federal Court room.
 Yesterdays Federal Grand Jury indictment of Alger Hiss, former high State Department official, on two counts of lying under oath, satisfied the House Un-American Activities Committee that it has nailed down evidence of a pre-war Soviet espionage ring.
 Now the committee intends to prove, members insist, that Red spying is still going on in the government.
 They claim that man still working for the Army as a civ- ilian stole secrets of the famous Norden bomb sight and passed them along to Russia in 1888.
 Top Secret Information
 But even as the committee switched its main efforts away from the Hiss-C Chambers case, it turned loose 26 more documents it said were among those Chambers claimed he got from Hiss.
 These covered such then top secret information as possible trade treaty with Germany, Japa- nese troop movements, efforts of some top Nazis to persuade Hitler not to move prematurely against Czechoslovakia and Japanese ef- forts to raise money in the United States.
 Only two of the documents were reproduced from the microfilm Chambers fished out of a pumpkin on his Maryland farm two weeks ago.
 Papers In Libel Suits
 The rest were among papers Chambers turned over to attorneys preparing for the trial of Hiss $75,0O0 libel suit against him.
 The paper dealing with a possible German trade treaty-a memoran- dunn which referred several times to the approaching 1888 and 1940 elections-was cited by Rep. Mundt 'R-SD), acting committee chair man, as an example of how American foreign policy is some times influenced by domestic poh- tics.
 Mere Probing
 Right now, Mundt told newsmen, the committee has two objectives:
 l. To determine "the full part of that the Communist party in America plays as an adjunct of foreign espionage agents
 2. What new laws are needed to make continuing espionage and the employment of disloyal people impossible
 Mundt took back some of the nasty things he had said about the Justice Departments handling of the spy case. T congratulate the Attorney Generals office and the Grand Jury on their diligent devotion to duty" he said.
 Dig At Truman
 But he took a fresh dig at Pres ident Truman, who long has been critical of the committee. Mundt wound up a statement on the in- dictment last night with these words:
 Tn conclusion may l express the hope that nobody will ever again refer to this case as a red herring"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
NEW EVIDENCE UNEARTHED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16-lR- Diagrams of some Navy airplane devices, it was disclosed today, were among the documents Whit taker Chambers says he got from government sources when he was a Communist courier in the 1930s.
 This came to light when the House Un-American Activities Committee made public two sets of the secret papers secured from Chambers in its investigation of
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
WHERE IS NEWTON?

If George Newton will call at the Empire office, he will receive letter addressed to him in care of this newspaper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16

Communist dominated Italian la bor unions decided to call strike of government workers for more pay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-16
WEATHER REPORT


 . tu $. WEATHER BUREAU) . This data is for 24-hour per- . iod ending 6:30 am, PST. 3 In Juneau Maximum, 25; . minimum, 19. . At Airport Maximum, 24; ? minimum, IS. F o E F c A s T . tJuneau and Vicinity Cloudy with snow tonight D and Friday. Slowly rising temperatures with lowest to- . night near 25 and highest . tomorrow near 33. South } easterly wind l5-25 miles per , hour.
 . PRE IPIT A TION . tP&st 24 hou.'s ending 7:3o m. today . In Juneau IA inches; . since Dec. l. .58 inches; , since July l, 67.05 inches. At Airport .16 inches; : since Dec. l, .59 inches; , since July l, 46.46 inches.
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Evening star., 1948-04-18
Two Killed: as Plane Hits
Horse, Sets Prairie Afire
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

RAPID CITY, S. D., April IL
TWO soldiers we're killed today when
a light plane struck a horse, crashed
ana burst into flame, starting a
small prairie fire, Sheriff N. j.
Hendrickson said.
Authorities at Weaver Army Air
Base here, where the men we're
stationed, withheld their names un-
til relatives were notified.
The wreckage Of the single-engine
plane was discovered in a pasture
five miles southeast Of here by AL
fred Jones and Robert Schunot,
ranchers. They were extinguish-
ing a grass fire which burned a
narrow strip about a quarter Of a
mile long from the scene of the
crash.
Evening star., 1948-04-18
Home Rule Aides 10 Explain
AuchincIoss Bill Revisions

DR.. George Galloway and Clarence
Pierce, members of the stan OF the.
House District Committee. will ex-
plain revisions in the Auchlncloss
Bill at meeting of the Home Rule
Luncheon Committee in the banquet
room of the Good Earth Restaurant
at 1915 pm. tomorrow.
The home rule group has been
meeting informally since congress
sional hearings began on the meas
ure in February. Representatives OF
an estimated 40 groups In church,
civic, labor, veterans, professional,
welfare and housing activities meet
at luncheon to discuss the bill and
exchange analyses and surveys con-
Quoted by them individually.
Wilbur Finch, past president OF
the Federation Of Citizens Associa-
tions; Mrs. Frances Adams, OF the
washington committee Of the Amer
leans for Democratic Action, and
Mrs. Libby Dunn, OF the League
of Women Voters, comprise the
secratariat
Evening star., 1948-04-18
Flood Nearing Crest
Al Cincinnati as Many
Plan Return 10 Homes
Nv the Associo,sd Press

CINCINNATI, April 1.-THE Ohio
River neared its crest here today as
thousands of flood victims prepared
to return to their water-soaked
homes.
George Marth, river forecaster,
said the river would start falling
tomorrow and would be under the
52-foot flood stage by Thursday.
Residents of neighboring Newport,
KY, across the river. apparently won
their battle to keep flood waters from
west-end section, inhabited by
1000 persons.
Three persons were believed
drowned in the flooded Scioto River,
near Portsmouth, after their row.
boat overturned. The river was fall
ing there.
Two Girls Drowned.
Earlier, two high school girls
drowned at Friendship, Ohio, down.
stream from Portsmouth, raising the
toll of human life to four. Two other
deaths had been attributed indirectly
to the flood.
Newport residents, aided by $40
soldiers, completed erection Of q
sandbag barrier, 10 feet high and
1000 feet long, which officials said
will keep the Licking River from
spilling into the city. The Licking
enters the Ohio at Newport.
With recession of the flooded Ohio
already in sight. thousands Of per-
sons. now cared for by the Red
Cross, got ready for the job of clear
ing river mud and debris from their
homes.
| $1,000 Affected by Flood.
The Red Cross estimated that 31,-
900 persons in the West Virginia
Ohio-Kentucky- Indiana area were
affected by the food This report
did not include families who moved
themselves or moved into second
floor rooms in flooded areas.
At Pomeroy, Ohio, upstream from
Portsmouth, the Ohio had fallen to
level even with second-Story win
dows on Front street, and. In nearby
Middleport, residents were sweeping
out flood debris.
= Points downstream from Cincin-
natl still were awaiting crests, AT
Aurora, Ind. where a maximum OF
65 feet is expected, the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad suspended serv-
ice after water had spilled over its
tracks.
Hundreds of homes had been
evacuated at New Albany. Ind.
where four more feet Of flood water
was expected.
A 40.5-foot crest, 125 feet above
flood stage, was predicted for Louis
vile, KY. for Monday.