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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15

Alaska Steam
 Hires } A.F.L. Steward Men

SEATTLE, Dec. 15-tR-Expected to bring a showdown in crucial dispute over jurisdiction of steward department employees, three Ameri- can Federation of Labor unionists were employed Wednsday by the Alaska Steamship Company.
 All three were dispatched through the Pacific Marine Stew ards Union Hall. Don L. Rotan, organizer for the A.F. of L. affili- ate, said.
 It was the first time in Is years that stewards department em- eloyees were not hired through the hiring hall of the National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards, Congress of Industrial Organi2a- tons affiliates, which holds the con- tract with the Alaska Steamship Company.
 Eddie Tangen, International Sec retary-Treasurer of the CIO anion, said he was aware that the A.F. of L. men had been hired. but reserved comment at this time.
 Previous jurisdictional disputes over the steward department have resulted in violence.
 DENALI GETS TWO
 Two of the men, Harold Paige and A. L. Makemson, were dis patched to the SS. Denali, due in Seattle Thursday, while the third Marvin Landz, was dispatched to the Coastal Monarch, now in port
 All are former members of the CLIO. organization.
 Tn CI.O. union, the Alaska Steamship Company and various other ship operators are respon- dents in a National Labor Relations Board complaint charging unfait labor practices. It is based on ale yations of the A F. of L. group that Ghe C.I.O. Unions Hiring Hall dis eliminates against memters of the AF. of L. union.
 A hearing on the complaint is now in progress.
 When the hearing opened three weeks ago, Edward G. Dobrin, of Bogle, Bogle and Gates, attorneys for the steamship company, an nounced that while his client did not admit the charge of unfair labor practices, it would consider all applications for steward depart ment employment regardless of union utilization.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15
WOMAN CONVICTED
 OF MURDER WILL {. PLEAD INSANITY

RIVERSIDE, Calif., Dec. 15--tR- kicking and shrieking, Mrs. Sophie Petrillo was carried from the court room yesterday after a jury con- victed her of murdering her hus- band. but she must appear again Monday on her plea of insanity.
 When jurors announced their ver- iict of guilty, the haggard, 36- year-old widow screamed and fell from her chair to the floor.
 A jury of 10 women and two men took 5ia hours to convict Mrs. Petrillo of second degree murder in the shooting of Peter Petrillo, 38, in Palm Springs Sept. 19.
 She faces a term of five years to life in prison.
 This same jury will decide if he was insane when she gunned her husband in a quarrel over cur- vaceous Aims Ross Prima, dancer and erstwhile wife of bandleader Louis Prima.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15
STEEL
 PRICES
 UppED

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 15-IR-Unit- ed States Steel Corporation today announced price increase aver aging about four percent for most steel products.
 President Benjamin F. Hairless said in a statement "the overall effect of these new mill prices is an average increase of about 10 cents per hundred pounds in our announced mill prices"
 Hairless said the price revisions reflect actual and approaching changes in the cost of production, including the substantial higher cost to result when our new insur- ance and pension programs become effective"
 The new prices become effective at 12:01 am. (EST) tomorrow (Fri- day).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15
BERGMAN WILL
 WED R05SELLINI
 WHEN DIVORCED
Nobody's Affair If She Is Going 10 Have Baby
 in February

NEW YORK, Dec. 13-lR-The New York Times in a Rome dis patch today said film star Ingrid Bergman had told its correspondent some difficulties" had prevented her getting a divorce from pr. Peter Lindstrom.
 Times Correspondent Camille M. Cianfarra wrote that Miss Berg 1lan told him she planned to marry Italian film director Roberto Ros- 3ellini .as soon as she is free, hav- ing decided ito give up my artists career because now want to live my own life just as any other woman."
 Cianfarra said he interviewed Miss Bergman and Rossellini in her apartment in Rome. The .ouple's romance began last spring when Rossellini directed the Swe- dish actress in the film "Strom- -Oll, LldQt OIl d UlCdh, NOlSdiiiS 10 and off Italy's west coast.
 According to the Times dispatch. Rossellini said Miss Bergman "ex- plained things quite clearly to 3r. Lindstrom when they met in Messina last May, at time when the -Rossellini romance was making headlines around the world
 T want to make it clear the Times account of Rossellini's re- marks continued, that at that time the relationship between Ingrld and myself was absolutely correct It is not our fault, is it, if we can not get married recause Ingrid has seen unable so far to obtain a divorce?n
 Concerning published reports that Miss Bergman is going to have a baby in February, the Times quoted Rossellini as saying:
 Whether she is or is not is nobody's affair"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15
VICE, CRIME ON
 DECREASE, ALASKA

FAIRBANKS. Alaska, Dec. 15-- iR-The past year showed a de- crease in vice and crime in Alaska.
 That was the conclusion today of meeting of the Armed Services disciplinary board at Ladd Air Force Base.
 The toard was made up ot Mayor Maurice T. Johnson and other Fairbanks civic leaders, and staff representatives of the Navy, Army and Air Force. Col. Levi Browning, Commanding Officer of the station hospital at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage pre- sided.
 The board heard from the Bar tenders Association. city govern ment, the Ministerial Association and the Chamber of Commerce.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15
5(H0ETTLER
 ON NEW JOB

SEATTLE, Dec. 15-R-A former military aide to Alaska's Governor Gruening has been named Acting Assistant to Washingtons Cover nor Langlie.
 He is Robert G. Schoettler, 46, of Seattle. Lhnglie picked him yesterday to succeed H. P. Everest, who is returning to his job as Di- rector of the University of Wash ington School of Journalism.
 Langlie said Schoettler served with the Office of Naval Intel ligence in Alaska and in China during the recent war, as well as handling the assignment to the AL aska Governors office.
 Schoettler is well known in Ju- neau where he was for sometime manager of the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15
The W ashington Merry Go Round
Bv DREW PEARSON

By DREW PEARSON
 tcopyrignt, ls4s. by Bell Syndicate. Inc
 WASHINGTON - A significant development has taken place inside the Justice Department regarding the amazing John Maragon, close friend of General Vaughn and once a frequent caller at the White House.
 Higher-ups in justice have given orders to Morris Fay, efficient U. $. Attorney for the District of Col umbia, to give them full report on the perjury case against Mara. gon and to make no move without consulting the Justice Department.
 This has not been done in other important cases. General Benny Meyers also faced perjury charge, but no such order went to Fay from the Justice Department. He was convicted and jailed without any delay or consultation.
 John Margaon not only faces an almost identical perjury charge, but Sen. Clyde Hoey of North Caro- lina Chairman of the Senate Ex- penditures Subcommittee, officially sent the case to the Justice De- partment with a request for prose cution. Furthermore, Hoey went to extra precautions to have a quorum of his subcommittee present when Msragon was questioned so there would be no legal loophole for a wriggling out of perjury prosecu- tion.
 Finally, it has been three full months since the Senate sent it's re- port to the Justice Department, and still no action. Ordinarily, it takes about one week to bring
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15
CITY COUNCIL WILL
 MEET TOMORROW NIGHT

Approval of liquor license appli- cations will be the big item of busi- ress before the Juneau City Coun- cil when it meets in regular session tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the Council Chamter of the City Hall.
 The city ordinance calling for a special election to decide whether or not the property on which the Arctic Brotherhood Hall stands should be turned over to the Terri tory as site for new Territorias Building will be read for the third time.
 Traffic ordinance revisions will also be discussed, according to C.. L. Popejoy, City Clerk.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15
MISSING
 GIRL IS
 F0U N D

KELSO, Wash. Dec. 15-R-Ruth Aberle, missing since Sunday, was found alive today. in the forested region northeast of here, Sheriffs Deputy Ted House said.
 He said details were not clear, but the girl was found on the up- per Coweeman River some 12 miles from the search area.
 There was no report on her con- dition. She had been missing since Sunday on a Christmas tree hunt ing expedition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15
fl MEMBERS OF ONE FAMILY DIE
 WHEN HOME BURNS

ROTAN. Tex. Dec. 15-'R-Eleven transient farm workers-all mem- bers of one family-burned to death near here today when fire destroyed their small home at the edge of a cotton field.
 The blackened remains of the four-room home on the c. A. Dout- hit farm, eight miles northeast of this west Texas town, were found at 9 am.
 The dead included three genera tions. Six were children. One of the five adults was 14-year-old girl married and pregnant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15
SAYS ATOMS SENT RUSS
 VIA KODIAK
Former Navy CP0 Reeog- nized '92nd Element
 Chart

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15-R- Kodiak entered the controversy over wartime airplane cargoes to Russia via Alaska last night.
 Radio commentator Fulton Lewis Jr., who started the current furore with broadcast by an officer who was linked with the Russian lend lease plane route at Grant Falls, Mont, had former Navy Chief Petty Officer on his program last night. He told of lend-lease traffic via Kodiak during the war
 (There never have been any pub iicized previous reports of any lend lease plans traffic to Russia via Kodiak. All reported traffic was via the Fairbanks-N Nome route)
 The ex-Petty Officer reported that he identified "a blueprint oi the uranium structure" hidden in c bag of parachutes on an American lend-lease plane bound for Russia.
 Royall Edward Norton, 29, now a G.I. student at Clemson College ir South Carolina, made the state ment in a recorded broadcast on 2 program with Lewis.
 RUSS GOT CHARTS
 Norton said he was stationed at Kodiak, Alaska, and was in charge of inspecting and reloading US. lend-lease planes.
 Besides the atomic hlueprints,' Norton said the Russians also got IS complete sets of astronomical charts covering all of Alaska and the entire AleutiaG Island chain.
 The former Navy man said he protested against letting the Rus sians have the charts because q could not see why they needed any such thing" But, he said, the Soviets "were able to use enough influence" to get them.
 Concerning the blueprint, he said he had had some chemistry III school-enough to recognize this as being a highly complicated and intricate pattern of atomic struc- ture."
 Ut showed the protons and neutrons and their valence," he said.
 Norton said that at the bottom of the blueprint he saw the figure "92.' He did not recognize its sig nificance at the time, he said, but recalled it later and remembered that uranium is "the sand ele- ,nent.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15
STOCK oUoTAIIoNs

NEW YORK, Dec. 15-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is SIS, American Can 1O2, Anaconda 28k, Curtiss-W Wright TBS, International Harvester 29A Kennecott 51A. New York Central 10%, Northern Pacific 13, U. s. Steel 26h, Pound $2.80h.
 Sales today were 2,070,OO0 shares.
 Averages today are as follows industrials 198.05, rails 51.55, util- ities 40.79.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Norah from Vancouver scheduled to arrive Saturday af- ternoon or evening.
 Denali scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Baranof from westward scheduled southbound Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15
KODIAK REPORT

The Weekly Mirror at Kodiak re- ported today that an authoritative source said Russians picked up old style PBY planes there during the var. The source, declining to be quoted by name, said it was com mon knowledge in the island town and many Russian fliers were seen there during the war, There was no official confirmation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15
LAND LAWS RED TAPE
 ATTACKED
Homesteaders Leave North Because of Title Difficult
 tY, Subcommittee Says
By Charles D. Watkins

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15-- tR = Rep Tollefson (R-Wash) said today Alaska needs more defenses and more attractions for permanent set tiers.
 The latter, he told a reporter, can be accomplished if the Inter for Department and Congress will liberalize the homestead laws tc "cut out the red tape" that now prevents many settlers perfecting title to their homesteads.
 ''The situation is so discourag- ing" Tollefson said, that some of the GI's who filed on homesteads have given up and gone home, leav- ing their improveents on the land"
 He said he had been shown dur ing a recent trip to Alaska with a House Merchant Marine Subcom- mittee one homestead where the settler had built house, a barn and a garage Then, because of dif- ficulty in perfecting title, the set tier had abandoned it all, including furniture in the house and truck in the garage.
 Tollefson said the Interior De- partment has speeded issuance of titles recently but still does not meet the problem.
 Getting titles to homesteads ought to be simplified," Tollefson said, land more land opened to homesteading and more access roads constructed"
 Defenses Improved
 Based on visits to every city of any size in Alaska with the sub committee, Tollefson said Territor- ial defense have been improved but still must be vastly increased.
 Alaska is a vital point in our defenses and it must not be neg lected," he asserted.
 "The people of the Pacific North west, which has been called 'vul-
 
 nerable, by the armed services, in sist that the Northwest, which in- cludes Alaska, must be amply de- tended to the point that it is no longer vulnerable"
 Tollefson said the people of Al aska rightly insist on better trans portation, especially by water. He said many believe that smaller, faster ships should be used in the Alaskan service to permit quicker and more frequent trips.
 He said the subcommittee reached no decision on bills to abolish fish traps in the Territory over five year period.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15
GOVERNOR RETURNS

Gov. Ernest Gruening returned by air today from a month-long trip which included Tokyo, Manila. Guam, Wake Island, and the Ha- waiian Islands.
 He attended a meeting of the House of Representatives sub-com- mittee on Territories in Honolulu. Mrs. Gruening returned home with the Governor
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15

GANTYS AT BARANOF MT. and Mrs. Prosper Ganty, of Pelican, are registered at the Bar anof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-15

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-14
Peron's BombsheII

Juan Peron has again made the inter-
national headlines by proposing that all
foreigners residing for two years in Argen-
tina be compelled to apply for citizenship
or leave the country. This proposal was
handed to his assembled party delegates to
the convention slated to open next Monday
to revise the Argentine Constitution.
President PeronIs announcement con-
travenes accepted international comfy
concerning naturalization. The existing
Argentine Constitution, dating from 1853,
follows customary usage by providing that,
while foreigners resident two consecutive
years are eligible for naturalization, they
are not bound to accept citizenship" 1t is
upon that basis that the naturalization
clauses in all of Argentinas treaties with
foreign nations are drawn, and the pro-
posed change would violate the spirit If not
the letter of those treaty clauses.
The effects of such constitutional
change would be serious and far-reaching.
Foreign residents of Argentina are num-
bered by the hundreds of thousands, be-
sides the millions of former aliens who
have voluntarily become citizens. The
United States colony is around 5000,
chiefly businessmen and their families.
The British colony Is even larger, perhaps
reaching 10000. Also, there are large
groups from the other Latin American
countries And most of these alien resi-
dents have good reason for retaining their
nationality. A choice between naturaliza-
ton and expulsion would impose grave
hardships and be serious handicap to
normal commercial or business practices
Hence, it is to be anticipated that so radi
cal departure from customary interna-
tional usage will provoke wholesale diplo-
matte protests.
Nevertheless, If President Peron means
what he says, there can be little doubt that
he will get his way. In the special cleo
tions last December, his Peronista Party
won decisive majority of the delegates to
the constitutional convention now about to
convene. His proposal, which was cheered
, by his followers, reflects the extreme ma
tionalism that characterizes the whole
peronista movement. In explanation, Peron
describes foreigners who would object to
becoming Argentine citizens as settlers
who do not interest us, because they are
acting either through material or selfish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-14
PIunninq Comes First

In deciding to defer asking Congress for
funds with which to begin the District
slum clearance and ~redevelopment pro-
gram, President Truman has adopted a
congressional suggestion that the cart and
horse be placed in proper position. The
House Appropriations Committee last year
turned down a request for construction
funds when testimony disclosed that plans
for starting the work were yet to be COM
pleted. They are still lacking the official
approval which they must have before the
first project can be undertaken
The facts are that preliminary plans for
only one project have been prepared by
the National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, that public hearings (required
by law have just been opened on these
plans, which involve the Marshall Heights
area, and that studies are yet to be made Of
development proposals for Barry Farms
and for blighted in-city areas. That the
Marshall Heights project will not have
smooth sailing is indicated by the opposi-
ton which already has been voiced by
spokesman for some colored organizations.
Fears have been expressed that the whole
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-14
Bridging Chesapeake Boy

Although Washington was not of1clally
represented at the ground breaking for
the long discussed bridge across Chesa-
peake Bay residents of the District stand
to benefit by this future traffic link be-
tween Maryland's Eastern and Western
Shores Not only will local motorists have
a faster route to the Delmarva Peninsula
and to points northward along the Allan
tic Coast, but Washington's congested
streets will be relieved of much through
commercial traffic between North and
South. W.T.
At present only a State-owned ferry
line enables automobile traffic to cross the
bay The ferry extends from Sandy Point,
north of Annapolis, to Kent Island, on the
Eastern. Shore The five-mile long high
level bridge, with l90foot high suspen-
sion span near the center, also will reach
from Sandy Point to Kent Island. 1t will
cost about $37,5Oo,ooO and will take about
two years to complete.
The actual start of construction this
week marks the elimination of forty-two
years of intermittent debate over the
question of bridging over or tunneling
under the bay. The bridge plan first was
declared feasible by engineers, but ship
ping interests launched a vigorous fght
against a bridge, charging it would impede
navigation to and from Baltimore.
study of a combination tunnel-apd-bridg
project was made several years ago, but
the plan was dropped because of pro-
hibitive costs. The final bridge plan was
approved by the previous Legislature,
after consideration Of various financing
plans
The new bridge will be paid for by those
who use 1t and two other Maryland toll
bridges, that at Havre de Grace and the
Potomac River bridge at Newburg. Tolls
from these three spans will liquidate
bond issue covering total cost of the bay
structure. This means, unfortunately,
that regular users of the two older toll
bridges will have to continue paying tolls
many years longer than they had ex-
pected. But Maryland has found the toll
system useful in its bridge construction
program and the principle Of making the
users Of these bridges pay for them is
basically q sound one. Once the bridges
are fully paid for, however, there can be
no justification for continuing to charge
more than enough to maintain them. Use
cf such revenues for other than bridge
purposes would be grossly unfair to those
who pay the tolls.
Once the bay bridge is completed, Wash
ington will be tied much closer to the
agriculturally rich and reconstructed
peninsula which juts oceanward between
the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. These
closer relations should have mutual bene-
fits, culturally as we'll as economically.
Washington will await the opening of the
great span with eager anticipation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-14
Neoroes in fuirfux

Although Fairfax County is one of the
faStest-groWing communities in Virginia,
1t has no high school for colored children.
The county's Negro children of high
school age have two choices open to them.
They can attend the colored regional high
school at Manassas, which some 230 chill
dren do although this entails daily bus
trips ranging from 80 to 100 miles. Or
they can attend high school in Alexandria
or Washington and pay tuition charges
ranging from $3.50 to $3.50 year. This
is done by approximately seventy colored
children.
For its white population, which numbers
about $4,000, Fairfax provides four high
schools. These are conveniently located
throughout the county, and provide, on
the. average, one high school for each
$4,000 of white population. The county's
Negro population is about 10000 factor
which no doubt accounts in part for the
reluctance of some county officials to
undertake the expense of Negro high
school. 1t Is stated, however, that there
are ten colored elementary schools in the
county, with an attendance of around
1000 pupils. This is suggestive of an
expanding future demand for Negro high
school facilities.
At any rate, group of white and
colored residents of the county, believing
the lack of any colored high school to be
serious matter, are circulating petition
calling for referendum vote on bond
issue to raise funds for construction Of a
Negro secondary school. The effect of
this petition, if the necessary signatures
are obtained, would be to put the question
up to the qualified voters white and
colored, of Fairfax County This is the
way the decision should be made, and it
is to be hoped that the needed signatures
will be secured