The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-14

1 1 ernment court at Frankfurt. A typhoon is heading for North ern Formosa and the China main land. Air Force weather observers say the storm has winds of 105- miles per hour.
 The controversial reciprocal trade agreements bill gets to the aye and nay stage in the Senate tomorrow At least, the Senate will start vot- ing on amendments that have been hung on the bill. The House already has passed the measure.
 Detroit had a primary for the mayoralty nomination yesterday, but on a partisan basis, with Il men fighting it out for place on the ballot. In a record vote turn out, the nominations for Mayor of Detroit went to the city's Treasurer, Albert Cobo, and City Council President George Edwards.
 Things are Booming in the auto building capital at Detroit, Michi- gan. There is report that pro- duction of new cars is one million ahead of this time last year. By mid September of 1948, about two and one-half million cars had rolled off the assembly lines. But this year, the figure is three and one half million autos.
 A half-million dollar fire early today wrecked part of Lynn Classi- cal high school at Lynn, Massa- chusetts. There was no one in the building when the flames broke out, put for a time the fire threatened adjoining property. Bremen from four communities finally brought the blaze under control.
 Last night 135 miners escaped in- jury in carbon mine cave-in that killed one man and injured three others. The men were working in a mine near McAlester, Oklahoma, when the cave-in buried four of them in rock and coal. Two of the injured are seriously hurt.
 Soft coal contract talks will be held again today at Bluefield, West Virginia. John L. Lewis United Mine Workers Union will meet Southern Coal Operators. Yester- day, Lewis sent the Southern pro- ducers letter demanding that they remit miner welfare fund royalties. The operators had been holding back the payments on the basis of mo contract" The Southern pro- ducers may answer Lewis letter today.
 Industries in the 10 states served by the Missouri Pacific Railroad are feeling an increasing pinch to- day. The railroad has been halted by a strike for six days now. And that means supplies of raw ma terials are cut off, and no way to get out manufactured products.
 Hawaiian efforts to bypass the Pacific Coast and get supplies from Eastern and Gulf Ports may be run ming into trouble. But it's a separate dispute. Snags are developing in contract discussions with AFL longshoremen in the East. The strike in the islands involves CIO stevedores.
 Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer says there is general agree ment that wartime excise taxes should be repealed as soon as pos sible. Sawyer addressed the theatre owners of America who are holding national convention in Los An geles. The organization favors re- moval of the 20 percent Federal tax on theatre admissions.
 In San Francisco, the President of the Bank of America, L. M Giannini, says that the demand for goods now exceeds that of pre- war days. Price levels, adds the banker, are close to what may Ire expected The Bank of America is the worlds largest bank. Giannini spoke in launching campaign to- urge the public to have confidence and buy now.
 Two Navy ships and a transport plane are searching the English Channel, hoping to locate a French military plane forced down near the Channel Islands. The missing plane carried nine men. And it radioed of forced landing off the island of Guernsey.
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