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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23
 (RI5I5 IS
 NOW NEAR
Defending Ndtiond dlist Garrison Beats Back
 Communists
aBy The Associated Press1

Chinese Nationalists said today the crisis was approaching in their stubborn defense of Shanghai. The garrison command reported the Communists had been beaten back all along the great city's Whangpoo waterway to the sea. But. the com munique said, the Communists are throwing in endorsements.
 The big Lungwha international airport south of Shanghai was re- opened to traffic today but opera tions were on an hour-to-hour ba- sis.
 The Chinese Communist radio charged five more U. s. warships, four heavy bombers and "l,500 more American troops" had arrived at Tsingtao, North China port used as an American base.
 An American Naval spokesman Tn Tokyo described the report as "un- true as far as we know"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23
 PLAN GETS
 BIG SLASH
House Appropriations Committee Votes for IS
 Per Cent Reduction

WASHINGTON, May B - tR - The House Appropriations commit tee today ordered Is percent cut in the Marshall Plan spending for the year starting July 1.
 Overriding a subcommittee re- commendation, the full committee voted to cut $629, ,730, 900 from the S1, ,198, 100000 President Truman had asked for the European Re- ccvery Programs second year of operations.
 The subcommittee had recom- mended a cut of only $182, 300 900, but Republicans claimed this wash t enough.
 The full committee also voted to cut $150,000000 from the $l,000,- CO0,COO President Truman sought for government and relief in occu- pied areas. The subcommittee had chopped this item only $50, 400 900.
 The full $5O,OOO.000 asked for aid to Greece and Turkey was ap- proved by the committee, as was fund of $1,074. 100000 sought for Marshall Plan operations for the April-June quarter of this year. The overall amount recommended for all operations in the till was 5,542, ,470,000. The President had asked $6,322 200 .O00
 The actual amount of money to be made available depends on what the full House and Senate vote when the bill comes before them.
 Rep. Cannon (D-Mo) Chairman of the Appropriations committee, told newsmen the motion for the Is percent cut was made by Rep. Albert Thomas CD-Tex) and was supported almost solidly by Repub- licans
 The cuts the committee made are cn top of a $157 100000 reduction that MT. Truman himself suggested because of the decline in prices since he sent his budget to Congress in January.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23
kRUG WANTS LARGE SUM
 FOR ALASKA

WASHINGTON, May 23.-R- Secretary of Interior Krug said today that this years $6l6,00o, ,O0o budget for the Interior Department is the bottom of the barrel in wise economy"
 He told a Senate appropriations subcommittee that the Department believes this is the time for most stringent economies" However, he said the nation should not spend less than it really required for the development of it's economy
 Testifying on the annual Interior Department money bill, the Secre- tary said the Senate will be asked to restore about s23,0OO.000 of the budget which was Topped off by the House. As it passed the House, the bill carried $536,211 ,908 for the var ious agencies of the Department, about $81 100000 less than Pres ident Truman's budget.
 Krug said the OepartlneHC VIII ask for restoration of $8,O00,000 in appropriations and $10,000,00O in contract authorization for rehabil- itation of the Alaskan Railroad and $1 ,0OO 00O for Alaskan highways.
 A $925, ,OOO reduction made by the House in funds asked for the Alas kan Native Service, Krug said, will seriously handicap" health activities in Alaska.
 Under this allowance we would not be able to admit patients to the new 200-bed tuberculosis hos pital at Mount Edgecumbe, or to use the 80 tuberculosis beds provid- ed last year." he testified.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23
AMERICAN LEGION MEMBERS GOING TO
 PAINT UP TONIGHT

More painting is on the calendar tonight for members of Juneau Post No. 4, of the American Legion, 1t was announced today by Post Com- mander Chester zenger He sad that the regular business meeting will be dispensed with in order to complete the job of getting the Le- zion Dugout in good condition.
 All Legionnaires are requested to turn out at 8 o'clock wearing old clothes. zenger said that three small rooms must be completed be- fore the job will be finished. The exterior paint job will be done by the Do-Et Contractors. who have volunteered their services
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23
F0LTA' 5 DECISION
 ON WRANGELL MILL TO SET PRECEDENT

A decision of far greater moment in the legal world than is apparent to the layman has just been handed down in the US. District Court by Judge George w. Folta.
 The question as to whether the United States Government is en- titled to priority over everyone never has been decided before in judicial history. according to one of Alaska's most experienced law yers.
 He predicts that the decision will be appealed, and will reach the Supreme Court, which has consis- tently avoided a decision. That august body has always found other points on which to base a decision, in cases where the matter was pertinent.
 Judge Folta's decision is on de- termination of the order of liens in the case of the Bank of Wrangell vs. Alaska Asiatic Lumber Mills. In it, the court holds that the Town of Wrangell, an individual, and the Bank of Wrangell are en- titled to priority.
 The question in this controversy concerned the rank and priority to be accorded claims of the United States for taxes in the amount of $l8,95l.53; the Bank of Wrangell $48,52O for the balance due on mortgages; the Town of Wrangell, $4,952.10 in taxes, and the mec- hanic's lien claim of Walter J. Stutte, for $1,68322 for improve ments on the mortgaged mill premises.
 The receiver (Col. Otto F. Ohl- son) who was appointed August Il, 1947, had, pursuant to orders of the court, reduced the assets to cash, and now has available for dis tribution, after deducting Sl0,000 borrowed from the mortgagee bank for expenses and administration, approximately $32,o0O for distritu- ton to claimants.
 Judge F'olta's decision which, lawyers expect, will be quoted "tor hundreds of years and which may force a Supreme Court decision. reads in part:
 "The Court holds that, after the banks loan of $10,0o0 for the ex- penses of the receivership is paid, the claim of the Bank of Wrangell is entitled to priority out of the remainder of the proceeds realized from the sale of the real property covered by it's mortgages, and that, under Section 16-1-ll3, A.C.L.A., l949, the Town of Wrangell and, under Section 26-1-3, id, Walter J. Stutte, in that order are entitled to priority over the bank.
 However, since the bank mort gages do not cover personal prop erty of the debtor. and the real
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23

Unifi(ation Measure Is Big Issue Before Senate;
 Plan Is 10 End Strapping
By EDWIN B. PARKINSON

WASHINGTON, May B -R- Senator Lucas D-IlD today threw the weight of the Senate leader ship behind the till designed to tighten up unification of the Army, Navy and Air Forces. One goal is a cut in the multi-billion dollar costs of peacetime defense efforts.
 I'm for it ard the Senate should Le able to pass it today or tomor- row. the Democratic leader told a reporter. Ut certainly should have the support of all these fellows who have been yelling for economy
 Chairman Tydings (D-Md) of the Senate Armed Service committee will be floor manager for the mea- sure. It would make the first major changes in the 1947 unitication act that squeezed through Congress after years of scrapping between the armed services.
 DEFENSE LEGISLATION
 
 Beth Tydings and Lucas said they expect no serious opposition to the defense legislation, which would clarify and expand powers of Sec retary of Defense Louis Johnson and his successors. It calls for fiscal and budget reforms with savings estimated by Tydings at from $200 900 900 to s6O0.0o0,000 a year
 But even if the Senate gives quick approval, House action ap- pears uncertain.
 TRUMAN URGES REVISION
 President Truman urged the re- vision of the unification act in a special message to Congress earlier this year. But today the House Armed Service committee has held no hearings. The measure is not on the list that the House committee has been pushing for this session.
 The unification bill became pending Senate business last week end with debate scheduled to start late today after Senate action on Hong list of minor tills.
 PAY BOOST
 House leaders meanwhile pushed for approval of another defense measure-a bill that would boost pay for officers and men of all the military and naval services an average of IA percent.
 Biggest pay boosts, of nearly 50 percent, would go to Brigadier Gen. erals and their counterparts. Con- plaints of some House members against this situation delayed a vote last weekend.
 House leaders still expected to pass the pay bill today or Tuesday and send it to the Senate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, May 23.-R-CIos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3A, American Can 91ss, Anaconda 27%, Curtiss- Wright 437s, International Harvest CT 24A, Kennecott 43h, New York Central 11h, Northern Pacific 14h, U. s. Steel 677s, Pound $4.027s.
 Sales today were 72O,0OO shares.
 Averages today are as follows: industrials 172.32, rails 46.64, util- itles 35.51.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23
F0RRE5TAL JUMPS TO
 HIS DEATH
Former Secretary of De- fense Commits Suicide
 Takes Fatal Leap
tBy ELTON c. FAY)

WASHINGTON, May 23.-tR-- A Naval Board of Inquiry was or dered today to inquire into the suicide of 57-year old James For restal but his friends among the nations great wrote their own yer dict: He died because he worked so hard for his country.
 Forrestal, Cabinet member under President Roosevelt and Truman, ended his own life early Sunday morning by leaping from the 18th floor of the Navy's towering hos pital in Bethesda, Md. He left as his farewell only an ancient Greek poem of despair and death.
 He was the first Secretary of Defense-a wearing job that he gave up as a sick man in March. Before that, he had been Secretary of the mightiest Navy the world has ever seen, and before that he had served as an assistant to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the White House.
 This spring. his health broken by more than nine years of nerve wracking service. he decided to seek release from the strain A few days in Florida after his resignation, and then he entered the hospital April ?.
 Death, Manner, Shock
 His death and the manner of it shocked the capital.
 President Truman said: This able and devoted public servant was as truly a casualty of the war as ii he had died on the firing line.' He issued proclamation ordering tlat flags fly at half mast from all pub lie buildings, forts and warships.
 So far as was known, the former Secretary left no note.
 But on radiator, near his hos pital bed, was found book An Anthology of World Poetry A ICu llUUOtl ldy ONtWCCi CAS PesoS~ opened to Sophocles' Chorus From Ajax" That poem tells of profound and hopeless tragedy.
 In the back of the book was a piece of hospital memorandum paper on which Forrestal had cop- jed, in a firm hand, the first 26 lines of the doleful poem.
 Court of Inquiry
 The Court of Inquiry in the case was ordered by Rear Adm. M. D. Willcutts, Commandant of the Nav al medical center. Just exactly what it might examine was not ccr- tain in advance. From statements of officials at the hospital, this story was reconstructed:
 In the weeks that followed For restal's entry for treatment. he seemed to be on the road to com- plete recovery. He received visitors.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23
The Washington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON ls4s. by Bell syndicate. Incl

WASHINGTON Here is a summary of the general instruc- tions in Secretary, of State Ache sons pocket for the most important peace barley since Potsdam. It opens in Paris today.
 l. The United States will take the position that we owe the Rus sians nothing for lifting the block ade, since this was merely fighting a wrong.
 2. The State Department is lean- ing more and more to the view that Russia really wants to play ball with the Western democracies; we will do our best to cooperate ar Paris.
 3. The U.SA. will propose that Russias Eastern Germany be amalgamated with the Allies Vest ern Germany in one Democratic re- public. An election would be
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23
ANIAk ON YUKON E
 FLOODED
Water Rising at Foot an Hour-Conditions Bad
 at MlGrath Also

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 23.-IA Villagers were being evacuated from flooded Aniak last night by an amphiblan Seabee plane, bring ing out six at a time.
 The population of the village. 100 miles southwest of here, is about 200. The flooding Kuskokwim Riy- CT, which flows into the Bering Sea to the south of the Yukon River. was reported rising about a foot an hour.
 Poor flying weather halted efforts Of Army Air Force planes to bomb a huge ice jam on the Kuskokwim. The jam has created the worst floods in the history Of Alaskan na- tive villages.
 Weather Delays Blasting
 Bombers from hoth Ladd and Elmendorf Fields were prepared to take to the air again to blast the ice as socn as the weather clear ed. The Civil Aeronautics Admin istration radio range station at kuskokwim went out of commission late yesterday indicating the ser- lousness Of the situation.
 The area round Anlak is rnarshv and the only way out is by plane.
 The Ladd Field information office said military planes were forced to abandon bombing the ice jam at Aniak when the ceiling dropped be- low 400 feet and the visibility to nearly zero.
 Flcod At McGrath
 At McGrath. 220 miles upstream from Aniak, both runways of the big airport were under water and the river was still rising.
 Flood dangers along the Yukon were reported diminishing. 1alena, site of an Air Force base. was be- lieved safe, At the village of Beav- CT, water had dropped six feet in IA hours
 The ice was reported moving steadily past Stevens Village. where big pileup of ice had been fear- ed
 Air Force planes parachuted Red Cross emergency supplies to Fort Yukon, whose inhabitants were stranded for the fourth night on a plot of high ground. They had been marooned there since the water first started rising.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23
46 KILLED
 IN STORMS
 OF WEEKEND
Tornadoes, Other Weather Fury Hit Various Areas
 Property Damage Large
(By the Associated Press)

A rapid succession of tornadoes and other weather fury killed 46 persons and caused millions of dollars of property damage over the weekend in widely scattered areas
 The storm walked ten states, in- jured at least 229 persons and smashed 900 houses. In Washing ton, Basil O'Connor, President of the American Red Cross, said the organization had set aside $500.000 for relief of the many hundreds left homeless.
 Hardest hit were Missouri, Illi- nois and Indiana where a total of A persons were killed. Other deaths were reported in Kentucky and Pennsylvania while West Vir- ginia, Texas, Tennessee, Iowa and Maryland reported heavy property damage.
 21 ARE KILLED
 Cape Girardeau, in Southeastern Missouri with 21 dead and property damage estimated at between three and four million dollars suffered the most. A survey of that hard hit city showed POP houses totally destroyed, 23l damage, l8 business builings and a church destroyed, and l2 business buildings and an- other church damaged in the city of 10000 population. More than 200 persons were injured and hum dreds left homeless.
 Three other Missouri towns, not directly in the path of the twister, each reported one dead. They are Clarksville, Bessville and Cabool.
 II DEAD INDIANA
 Indianas II dead and AT injured are at Shelburn, Terre Haute and Clay City Ralph c. Werner, Red Cross spokesman said the states damage would run into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
 Eight persons were killed at Shell burn, two near the outskirts of Terre Haute and one near Clay City. The twister missed the busi- ness districts of the two cities. In the west side of Shelburn, a town of 1000, the tornado demolished 65 houses, and damaged 95, 60 of them severely.
 ILLINOIS HIT
 Illinois had a total of nine dead, five at Wood River and four at Palestine.
 At wood River, up the Missis- sippi from st. Louis, 325 homes ln the city of 5000 were destroyed and 55 persons injured in a 25 square hlock area.
 The four persons killed at PaleS- tine were in a highway lunch stand which collapsed.
 PROPERTY DAMAGE
 At Somerset, Ky, one woman was killed and 60 houses damaged by strong wind Damage was estlmateo at $750.00O.
 Johnstown, Pa, listed one fatality as a result of storm which caused thousands of dollars of damage.
 In the Southwest, Texas, which had been lashed by intermittent tornadoes for a week, was hit by another windstorm at Abilene. Five persons were injured and some buildings damaged by wind, hail and rain near Texarkana.
 Several homes were flattened at Macon and Clay counties of Ten nessee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23
AWVS MEETS

The Juneau Chapter Of the Amer ican Women's Volunteer Services will holdsits monthly business meet ing at 730 o'clock. Wednesday eve ming in the home of Miss Mary Valentine. 204 North Franklin. in- stead of previously announced
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23
DIR. RYAN TO SPEAK
 ail AT ROTARY MEETING

Dr. James Ryan, Commissioner of Education. will speak at tomorrow noon's meeting of the Rotary Cluh at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23
BIG FOUR
 MINISTER'S
 IN PARIS
Thorny German Problem Is Great Question al
 Important Meet
(By the Associated Press)

The Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers met in Paris today for another attempt to settle the thorny German problem.
 Representatives of the United States, Britain, France and Russia assembled in a flag-festooned pink marble palace for their sixth meet ing since the war and the fourth or the German question. There was neither optimism nor pessi- nism among the delegates.
 At almost the same moment the new constitution for West Ger man government was proclaimed in effect as delegates of the II states in the three zones put their sigma lures on it at Bonn.
 This new constitution is expected to strengthen the hand of the Western delegates in Paris, since it envisions a new German gov. ernment by mid-July.
 BERLIN BIG TOPIC
 The three Western powers are expected to press Russia for an immediate consideration of Berlin, torn by bloody rioting.
 Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Foreign Ministers Robert Schu- man of France and Ernest Bevin of Britain sit down with Russia s Andrei Y Vishinsky at the confer ence table. The West agreed yes- terday on unified plans of action. The nature of the plans was not disclosed.
 GERMANY ON AGENDA
 Germany alone was on the agenda, although the related prob lem of Austria and other questions may come up. It was the sixth meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council since the war and the fourth on Germany.
 Observers predicted the West would seek to list the Berlin ques- tion at the top of the docket on the ground that continued division of the former capital is menace to any future settlement for Ger many as whole.
 Once there is agreement on Ber- lin. observers declared, the confer ence can .proceed to other ques- tions.
 In Berlin itself Western railway strikers clamored for Allied inter- vention in their civil war" with the Soviet-controlled railway man. agement.
 Commanders of the US, Britain, and France in Berlin met at the call of Brig Frank L. Howley, who said he wanted to discuss the "in- tolerable situation"
 The four Ministers have agreed on a four-point agenda:
 l. Problems of German unity, including economic and political principles and Allied (Four-Power) control.
 ?. Berlin. including currency questions.
 3. Preparation of a peace treaty for Germany.
 4. Preparation of an Austrian independence treaty.
 The Austrian question has been deadlocked over many a long meeting of the Foreign Ministers Deputies, and Austria has begged the Council to take it up at this session. Like Germany, Austria IS occupied by the Four Powers forces.
 The first meeting of the current session lasted about two and a hall hours.
 As the meeting-perhaps the most momentous since the war got under way, Western power off cials refused to say whether they were optimistic or not. One British official said the West will wait and see" what Vishinsky has to say. There has Teen speculation that vishinsky soon will make a major Soviet policy statement.
 A Council informant described vishinsky as in strikingly con- ciliatory mood.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23
WEATHER REPORT


 This data is for 24-hour pe- rod ending 6:30 am. PSF. In Juneau Maximum, 67, minimum, AT. At Airport Maximum, Il; minimum, Al. FORECAST } tJuneau and Vicinity, Mostly cloudy with occa- sional light rain tonight and Tuesday. Clearing Tuesday afternoon. Lowest tonight about 45 degrees. Highest on Tuesday near 56. PRE ClPI All N , Past 24 hours ending 7:3o m. today In Juneau City None; since May 1, 4.04 inches; since July l. 11l.30 inches. At the Airport None; since May l. 3.2 inches; since July l, 63.8l inches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23
STEAhER MOvEMENT5

Aleutian from Seattle scheduled to arrive tomorrow afternoon.
 Princess Louise from Vancouver scheduled to arrive tomorrow af- ternoon or evening.
 Prince George, with Portland Journal tour party aboard, schedul- ed to arrive at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
 Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday on spec- ial trip to s. E. Alaska. s's3's'
 z-l.A l.I- 4lfN NeiaMNalErA ; FROM SEATTLE \ '''
 Mrs. Anna Hargrave of Seattle Is registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23

Mir. and Mrs D. Daly of Palo Alto, Calf. registered yesterday at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-05-23
FROM SAWYER'S LANDING

J. H. Sawyer of Sawyer's Landing is a guest at the Gastineau
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