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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Aug. 4-|R A suit to collect three-quarter million dollar judgment against the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union was filed in Superior Court here today The suit was filed by the Juneau Spruce Corporation of Juneau, Alaska, in connection with an award by a Federal court jury at Juneau last May 20, in a civil damage suit filed under the Hartley Act.
 The action filed here seeks to collect a judgment for $750,0O0 plus s10, ,467.55 damages as the result of a jurisdictional dispute between two CIO unions in Alaska.
 The Juneau Spruce Corporation had a collective bargaining agree ment with the International Woodworkers of America. When government contracts were can- celled at the end of the war, the company tried to ship it's lumber to Canada and the United States by barge, which were loaded by it's employees affiliated with the IVA
 The ILWU demanded that the loading be done by ILWU mem bers and when the company re- fused, the ILWU picketed the Ju- neau mill and refused to unload barges of the companys lumber in any west coast port which the longshoremen's union controlled.
 The Juneau mill was closed a year as result of the picketing and the Federal Court enjOined further picketing at the request ot the National Labor Relations Board on May IS, 1949.
 In Juneau. company attorney N. c. Banfield explained that the suit to collect the judgment was filed in California in order to tie up union property and funds pending the unions appeal to higher courts. This will make 1t possible for an
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04
AMERICAN COMMANDERS REACH AGREEMENT WITH
 SCANDINAVIAN NATIONS
he vatican's excommunication de-

the Vatican's excommunication de- cree.
 The official Prague radio an- nounced last night that Rev. Alois Fajstl has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment for treason The priest was accused of refusing to administer the last sacrament te sick old woman until she handed in her Communist party member ship card. The priest denied the charge.
 The Army newspaper Obrana Lii du said; This just sentence must be decisive proof to the Vatican that we are not afraid of its de- crees and that we shall be merciless in the defense of our peoples dem- ocratic regime.'
 In Rome, Vatican informant said the Czech trial may have beer "a Communist trick to try to dis credit the church and its faithful Vatican spokesmen have said tho excommunication decree acts on the consciences of wayward Catholics and requires no overt act to put il into effect.
 Catholic authorities at Prague re- ported several new arrests o1 priests, and Rome reports quoted ar unofficial Vatican source as saying clashes between Catholics an5 Czechoslovak police have occurrec at four places in devoutly Catholic Slovakia. In one such clash, the Vatican said, one person was killed and many others were wounded bJ police while trying to protect a priest from arrest. The source gave no date.
 Red Koreans Invade South
 Reports reaching Seoul, capital of non- Communist South Korea said Communist border guards numbering 5000 men have struck across the border at three points and their object seems to be the capture of a rich rice growing pen insula. American troops have been withdrawn from South Korea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04
COUNCIL TO MEET
 TOMORROW NIGHT

Many details of various muni- cipal concerns will occupy members of the Juneau City Council at the regular meeting tomorrow night at 8 o'clock.
 Discussion is expected on the rate increases asked by the Juneau Wat CT Company, and there are num- Der of matters for consideration in connection with the city prop erty sale for which a court order was signed Monday. This will be of specified parcels on which taxes are delinquent and unpaid.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04
L0NG5H0RE STRIKE IS
 POSSIBLE
llWU Official Says Pacific Coast Stevedores Can
 Walk Out

HONOLULU, Aug. 4IR-The threat to spread Hawaiis 96-day dock tieup to the mainland bal looned today. A union spokesman said CIO Pacific Coast longshore- men can walk out to support the strikers.
 The reason, said Robert w. Me- Elrath, is that the West Coast contract never has been ratified by the rank and file of the Interna- tional Longshoremens and Ware housemen's Union. He is the ILWU press spokesman here.
 ILWU headquarters in San Fran cisco has advised the Pacific Coast contract will not be ratified If Hawaii employers and their agents in the Territorial government con- tinue with their strikebreaking pro- gram.' McElrath said
 Coast longshoremen, he said in a radio address last night, have worked under a ''back to work memorandum since Dec. 6, 1948 That was the date of signing a contract ending a 99-day West Coast dock strike.
 This memorandum, McElrath asserted, was to be effective until the ILWU membership approved or rejected the general contract
 Meanwhile, all negotiations to end the Hawaii tieup were at a standstill
 The Hawaii Legislature, in the midst of effort to pass bill aimed at ending the strike by putting the government in the stevedoring busi- ness, recessed until Friday.
 Both House and Senate yesterday bowed to Gov. Ingram M. Stain backs last minute plea to modify a House-approved bill banning the use of strikers or management employees. They passed resolutions to give the Governor a free hand in hiring workers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04
NEWS BRIEFS

A Soviet zone court has sentenc- ed 31 former Nazi storm troopers to prison terms ranging from one year to life. A Russian announce ment says the men were accused of maltreating Communist party officials just after Adolf Hitler took over the German government.
 Britain's Prime Minister, Clem- ent Attlee, is off the sick list today An official spokesman said Attlee had quite recovered" from a cold which had confined him to his country home since last Saturday.
 Princess Elizabeth's husband is going back to sea. The Royal Navy today ordered Prince Phillip to ac- tive duty in the Mediterranean as first lieutenant and executive off cer of the destroyer flotilla leader HMS Chequers.
 The United States Public Health Service finds some evidence that the spread of polio may be slow ing down. Totals are still going up-but the rate is bit slower now Tn the week that ended July 3Oth, there were close to 2,000 new cases.
 From now on, June 14th will be the official Flag Day. President Truman signed legislation today but the kids won't be able to take the day off it's not lagal holiday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04
4awaii Dock Dispute May Tie Up West Coast
INFERIOR DEPARTMENT BANS PROPOSED NEW
 INDUSTRY FOR ALASKA

mated that Pacific Coast shallow waters could produce each year a seaweed crop worth about $l60,0O0,- 900 as fertilizer, and that more than one-fourth is the share oi Alaska.
 It estimated the size and pO- tential production of the Pacific Coast beds at 390 square miles con- taining 2,266,000 tons of potassium chloride including: Pudget Sound five square miles, 10000 tons; SEE Alaska, 141la square miles, 598,000 tons; Southwest Alaska, 18 square miles, l36,OO0 tons.
 Primary product of the seaweeds are the alginates used as stab'l- izing agent in face creams, shaving creams, hand lotions, ice creams, and in the manufacture of explo- sives.
 Many Difficulties
 An Interior Department official who asked that his name be with held said an Alaska seaweed in- dustry would have to overcome these hurdles.
 l. High production and trans portation costs.
 2. A seaweed quality apparently considerably lower than that of the California beds.
 3. The fact that Alaskan sea weed beds are used for spawning purposes and hiding places by cer. tain species of fish. No fish art known to breed in the California seaweed areas.
 The Fish and Wildlife Service has indicated that, since Alaska herring lay their eggs on the kelp leaves, it is opposed to disturbing the beds. Some experts say that mown seaweed beds grow back in four to six months, and that they are best harvested in the spring.
 The Fish and Wildlife Service has made it known that it would prefer thorough research precede any attempt to develop the Alaska seaweed resources.
 It has said also that it is more interested, at present, in funds fol further research in the utilization of 100000 tons of fish waste pro- duced by Alaskan canneries each year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04
DEAD LADD FIELD
 SOLDIER E NAMED

FAIRBANKS, Aug. 4-lR The Ladd Air Force Base today identi- fled as Sgt. James F. Hartigan. 2l, the soldier who took his own life Sunday night
 Investigators said he shot him. self fatally and attributed his ac- tions to despondency over separa- ton from his wife, Dolores. The lat ter lives at $50 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia.
 The sergeant came here in June.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04

{Copyright, 1949. by Bell Syndicate, Incl WASHINGTON-President Tru- man strongly indicated he would issue a directive to the Munitions Board to stockpile more American produced strategic metals aiter listening to protests from group of western Congressmen, who charged that 87 per cent of our metal stockpile came from abroad,
 However, he gave his visitors, led by Representative Walter Granger of Utah and Clair Engle of Cali fornia, a brief scare by asserting There was a request of $500, ,000, ,000 for the Munition Board in the bud get. If you fellows hadn't cut It out, we wouldn't be in this diffi- culty now"
 This brough friendly chal- lenge from Granger, who said he didn't remember any such cut.
 Well. if I'm wrong and that money is still in the budget, then I'd be inclined to issue a directive
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-R-Clos- ing quotation on Alaska Juneau mine stock today is SIS, American Can 9Oss, Anaconda 289s, Curtiss- Wright 8A, International Harvest CT 247s, Kennecott 48la, New York Central 10, Northern Pacific 1872, U. s. Steel 22ss, Pound S4.027s.
 Sales today were 910,00 shares.
 Averages today were as follows industrials 177.O6, rails 44.S4, util- ities 36.29.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04
TRACT RESIDENTS
 WARNED TO BOIL
 DRINKING WAFER

Bacteriological tests made by the Alaska Department of Health on water samples from the Scatter Tract water system have shown this supply to be contaminated, pr. c. c. Carter, City Health Officer announced today. Dr. Garter recom- mended that all persons served by the Scatter Tract system boil their drinking water until further noti- fication.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04
TRAIL WORK TO BE
 FINISHED BY WEEKEND

Hikers wondering about trail con- ditions for weekend outings can be assured that those in the vicinity of Youngs Bay and Bear Creek will be in shape, according to R. L. Davlin of the Admiralty Division U. s. Forest Service.
 A crew in charge of John LaHaie is maintaining trails in those ar- eas this week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Norah due southbound Friday at 8 am.
 Princess Louise scheduled to ar- rive from Vancouver Saturday.
 Coastal Monarch due to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Aleutian scheduled to arrive southbound next Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04
FISH LANDINGS

Landed from the Ruby Narry Fitzpatrick were 42,000 pounds of black cod. Going to the Alaska Coast Fisheries were 21,000 pounds of salmon from the Carol Ann (Art Mantyia).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04
HAVANA RIVER FLOOD THREAT
 E NOW OVER

FAIRBANKS, Aug. 4-tR-The Panama River was reported re- ceding today at the Central Alas kan village of Nenana, ending the immediate threat of a flood
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04
WEATHER REPORT

} tU. 8. WEATHER BUREAU (Thi5 data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 am. PST9 In Juneau-Maximum, 65; minimum, AT.
 At Airport Maximum, 62; minimum, AT.
 20 R E c A s T } tJsness and vicinityt Variable cloudiness tonight and Friday; lowest tonight near 48 degrees. Highest on Friday about 67.
 P R E CIP I T A T I ON
 , Past 2. hours ending T:3o am. today In Juneau or inches; since Aug. 1, 1.59 inches; since July l, 6.88 inches. At Airport .02 inches;
 } since Aug. 1. III inches:
 since July 1. 4.83 inches. . c c
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04
JUNEAU SPRUCE FILES SUIT IN CALIFORNIA TO
 COLLECT ILWU MONEY

immediate collection of the judg- ment if the lower courts verdict is sustained.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-04
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

Copyright. 1s4s. by Bell Syndicate. Inc
Evening star., 1949-08-27
BY the Asseeistsd Press

ROANOKE, Va, Aug. 27.-Chief
Justice Edward w. Hudgins OF the
Virginia Supreme Court Of Ap-
peals wants the States court
system reorganized because the
present setup ''is not designed to
fill the needs Of modern business
demands or to solve modern social
problems.
He cited the difiiculty of assur-
ing q fair trial under the present
concept Of "due process and the
cost Of appealing cases as the top
problems to be solved by . reor-
ganization of the court system.
The Virginia courts, he said
here yesterday at q meeting OF
the virginia court clerks, are pat
termed after 18th Century English
courts.
Judge Hudgins blamed what he
termed the ultra-conservatism OF
judges and lawyers for the lack
OF court reform.
Justice, he said, must be made
simpler, quicker and cheaper.
The States. top judge recon-
mended the appointment Of . ju-
dicial administration for al State
courts and the use Of modern
businesslike methods In the ad-
ministration Of justice. fa
Evening star., 1949-08-27
Citizens Ask Traffic Lights
Al Sligo Parkway Areas

Installation Of trafnc lights on
Colesville road at the intersections
of Dale drive and at Sligo Greek
parkway, Silver Spring. will be
pushed this fall by the Seven Oaks
Manor Citizens Association. John
Lemp. president, announced yes
terday.
Other immediate projects of the
group include an investigation OF
possible pollution Of the northern
end of Sligo Greek and also inves-
tigation of q program to combat
japanese beetles in the community
by the milky spore.
The first meeting of the associ-
alton will be at . picnic September
IL in Sligo Greek Park. William
Peterson is chairman of the affair,
which will be held from 3 to 6 pm,
There will be q short business
session.
Evening star., 1949-08-27
Pancoast Named 10 Act
As Alexandra MANAGER

For the second time in two
years, City Attorney Joseph M.
Pancoast is acting city manager
Of Alexandria.
Mr.. Pancoast was named last
night at special City Council
meeting to I'LL in during the i'll
ness of City Manager Robert s.
Marshall, jr., who was stricken
Wednesday night while attending
a convention at Virginia Beach.
Mr.. Marshall was reported In
good condition today but doctors
said he will be confined to the
hospital for several days.
Mr.. Pancoast will serve until
Mr.. Marshall returns or until the
new city manager. Guy Ancell,
takes over September Is.
The first time Mr.. Pancoast was
selected as acting city manager
was In August, 1S47.- when Carl
Budwesky resigned. Mr.. Pancoast's s
term as city attorney expires
Thursday. He was not q candD
date for reelection,
Evening star., 1949-08-27
Auditor Found Dead
In Apartment Fire

The District coroner was ex
pected to rule today in the death
Of Carl L. Euren, 55-year- -old
former Government employe. who
died yesterday in his smoke filled
apartment at 1900 H street NV.
Police said Mr.. Euren, who
formerly worked as an auditor
for the Maritime Commission, ap-
parently died of suffocation and
burns. He was found dead at
the foot of a sofa by flremen.
Mrs. David S. Carter, manager
of the apartment house, said a
janitor. Grafton Wilson, 81, col
ored, 422 Tennessee avenue NE.
first noticed smoke coming from
the fourth-floor apartment. Get
ting a key from her. he entered
the apartment and discovered the
body. Mrs. Carter said.
The manager said the janitor
took an extinguisher into the
apartment, but there were no
flames in the smoke-filled room.
Mrs. Carter called police. who
notified the Fire Department.
Cigarette butts on the floor near
the sofa indicated Mr.. Euren may
have fallen asleep while smoking.
Mr.. Euren's wife, Mrs. Fannie
Euren, was summoned from her
job at the Southern Railway office
after he was found dead. The
apartment was damaged slightly.
Evening star., 1949-08-27
Maryland 10 Continue
ArningF FisheYPatro
On Chesapeake Bay
BY the Assseietsd Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 27.-Mary-
land plans to continue arming the
men who enforce its fishing laws
in Chesapeake Bay. State OFF,
cial said yesterday.
Chairman David H. Wallace OF
the Commission of Tidewater
Fisheries made the. statement in
reply to a suggestion by the Rich
mond Times-Dispatch.
The newspaper said 1t might
be a good idea for both Maryland
and Virginia. its neighbor on the
bay. to ban the use of fire.
arms by their respective fisheries
officers.
Earlier this summer. Earl Mel
son of Crisfield, Md, was shot to
death by David Acree, Virginia
deputy who tried to arrest him for
grabbing across the State line.
A grand jury at Accomac, Va.
cleared Acree Of a murder charge
The incident intensified the ill
feeling which has existed for cen
turies between fishermen along
the irregular boundary line which
separates the States.
Speaking of the Times Dispatch
suggestion, Mr.. Wallace said:
1T has been the policy of the
commission for good many years
to permit our men to have fire.
arms to be used in self-defense
The commission is not
changing its policy"
Evening star., 1949-08-27
Policeman Told To Drop Dead
Charged With Improper Arrest

ular patrolman on the peat 10 ar
rest Mrs. Matthews but he de-
clined. Capt. Emerson then ar
rested her himself. on q disorderly
conduct charge. He also arrested
her husband on the same charge
when he "tried to see what it was
all about"
In police court, Mrs. Matthews
was fined IS but the fine was sus-
pended. The charge against her
husband was dismissed.
They have filed a complaint
with the chief inspector Of police
charging Capt. Emerson with Inn
proper arrest.
The chief inspector has asked
for reports from eight witnesses,
the beat patrolman., and Capt.
Emerson.
Evening star., 1949-08-27
Two New Polio Cases Here
PUT Total for Area al los

The total Of polio cases for the
District area now stands at los.
with two more Washington cases
reported to the Health DEPART
ment yesterday.
They are q six-year-old boy.
living in the $500 block of Seventh
street NE, who was admitted to
Gallinger Sunday, and q seven
year-old boy, living in the 1900
block of Saratoga street Sc, who
was admitted to Children's Hos
pital Thursday.
This brings the District total to
Al, as compared with 40 at this
date last year.
Evening star., 1949-08-27
State Hospital Cost Put
At $453 Per Patient
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 27.-
It cost Virginia an average OF
$453.24 for the care and treatment
Of each patient at the Western
State Hospital, Staunton, during
the last fiscal year. a report by
State Auditor j. Gordon Bennett
showed today. ...
This was a per capita cost based
on the daily average of ASH
patients at the mental institution.
Mr.. Bennett's report found the
accounts of Western State had
been kept in good order and that
the overall per capita expense Of
$474.08 had been trimmed to the
net figure by revenue from food
and supplies produced at the hos
pital farm. .-
Evening star., 1949-08-27
YMCA Camper Awards
Won by Six In Arlington

Six Arlington boys and girls re-
ceived "best camper" awards yes
terday in q program marking the
closing of the nine-week Arling-
ton YMCA day camp at Thirteenth
street and Kirkwood road.
The camp, under the direction
Of L. T. Goodman, was sponsored
by the Arlington Community Chest
and was attended by more than
900 boys and girls.
Boys receiving the. awards were
Jerry Nelson, In the senior group
for those 13 years Of age and over;
William Virgins. in the inter-
mediate group for boys between
10 and IL, and Bobby Wandel, in
the junior group between Z and 8.
In the girls groups, Evelyn
Davis won in the senior class,
Patsy Barnett, intermediate class,
and Martha Nevill, junior group.
Evening star., 1949-08-27
District Gas Rate Hearing
To Be Resumed tuesday

The Public Utilities Commits
sion gave notice yesterday that
the hearing on the Washington
Gas Light Co.'S application to In
crease gas rates to District con-
sumers at 7 per cent will be re-
sumed at 10 am. Tuesday in the
District Building.
The hearing was recessed July
2S, after the gas company had
presented its case for seeking an
additional $900,o0 . year in op-
Grating revenues.
The company cited a 40 per
cent decline in net operating reve-
nues since 1899, owing primarily
to the increased cost Of labor.
The hearing was recessed to
permit preparation for cross-ex-
animation and presentation OF ad-
ditional evidence.
Evening star., 1949-08-27
Viroinio's Chief Justice Calls
For REORGANIZATION of Courts

The clerks also heard Lieut..
Gov. Preston Collins denounce
what he called the socialistic poll
cies of the Federal Government.
He said affairs In Washington
were In q "pitiable status"
Touching upon Federal aid to
education, Mr.. Collins deplored a
situation where, "the Federal Gov
ernment gets our money, takes
what it wants to pay OF the. bu-
reaucrats. and gives the remains
back to us with Federal regulations
as to how to spend it"
Mr.. Collins told his banquet
audience that Governments role
is to protect rather than equalize.
Evening star., 1949-08-27
Benefits Made Easier
For SiIicosis Victims
BY Me Asseeiutsei Press +,

RICHMOND. Va. Aug. THE
State Industrial Commission has
handed down q decision which
will make it easier for victims
of Silicosis to obtain compensation
benefits.
W.. L. Robinson, chief claims
examiner for the commission, said
today the decision removes one Of
the greatest restrictions to COM
pensation awards to victims Of the
occupational disease.
It will make it possible, he ex-
planned, for claimants to receive
awards without proving they did
not have the disease prior to July
l., 1s41.
The difhculty Of proving the
non-existence at a specific time of
any ailment has deferred present.
tation of otherwise justifiable
claims for years. he said.
The decision was filed yester-
day in the case Of Plez Salyer. of
Dante, and the Clinchfield Coal
Corp, his employer. He was
granted $5.93 a week for 800 weeks.
The company contended the
employe could not obtain COM
pensation because he did not give
written notice to the company
within 80 days of the first dis
tinct manifestation" or diagnosis
of the disease. as required by law:
because he did not file claim with
the commission within one year
after experiencing a distinct
manifestation" of the disease, and
that he has not proved he did
not have the disease prior to July
l. 1941.
Evening star., 1949-08-27
Policeman Is Stabbed
Curbine Baltimore Fight
BY ,hs As.seiussS Press

BALTIMORE. Aug. 27.-Two
men, including q policeman, were
knitted last night when the ofdcer
tried to break up an argument In
East Baltimore. 8
Patrolman William Staylor was
stabbed in the stomach. and was
reported In serious condition at
Mercy Hospital.
The other wounded man was
one OF the participants in the
dispute. He was taken to Johns
Hopkins Hospital. but attendants
would not disclose his identity nor
the nature Of his wounds.
Evening star., 1949-08-27
by the A,seeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 27.-So you
tell a cop to drop dead. He ar
rests you. Is it legal?
The matter was being investi-
gated here today.
It came up this way:
Capt. Alexander Emerson. much
bitten and kicked-at chief Of the
vice squad, dropped in on a water
front beanery for q routine look
around one night two weeks ago
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert z. Mat
thews were among the patrons.
Mrs. Matthews says someone
broke into the place like a wild
man" and she remarked. II that
is Capt. Emerson he should drop
dead"
Capt. Emerson ordered the reg