The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 6, 1945, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT SENATE COM. ASKSRETURN OF L-L ARMS Concentration of All Exist-' ing War Materiel Against Nipponese Demanded WASHINGTON, July 6.—The Sen- ate War Investigating Committee to- day demanded prompt recovery of Lend-Lease arms from European Allies for use in the Pacific war. A report based on an overseas in- vestigation by a subcommittee head- ed by Senator Kilgore (D-W Va) said “Nothing has been done” aleng this line nor toward concentrating captured German arms against the Japanese “The committee believes that all sources of supply for the Pacific war should be exploited to the max- imum,” the report stated, “and that Tomatoes New Cabbage Spinach Cauliflower Bunch Carrots Avocados Lettuce Celery existing stocks supplies should where possible, sould include materiel.” Noting that legal title to Lend- Lease materials rests with the United tates and that Master Lend-I 2 ments specifically provide for return, the Committee said of armaments and be drawn upon first and certainly they captured enemy their that failure to act constitutes “a First Week in Bristol Ba lack of vigor and attention to our interests.” Also, the Committee said, there al- ways is the possibility that Allies allowed to keep arms given them un- der Lend-Lease to fight Germany might use them later in fighting among themselves - SPRINGFIELD, IllL.—W. Taylor Stitt, a former Springfield insur- e agent now on military duty on a small Pacific island, sent a re- quest for a driver's license to the State Automobile Division Appended to the letter was the ensor's comments: Wishful think- ing.” - -oe —— FOR! N\ IN TOWN Riedar Forsen, of Seattle, guest at the Baranof Hotel is a 'SOUTHEAST AREA HAS SLOW START ON SALMON PACK Nets Only 77,116 Cases Despite slow starts in Bristol Bay and Southeast Alaska, which re- ported for the first time with the exception of Yakutat in the South- | t area, Alaska’s 1945 salmon pack for the week ending June 30 showe: nearly 110,000 cases up on th> com- parative week of the 1944 season. In the Southeast area, Yakutat continued to run ahead of last sea- son and Petersburg-Wrangell start- ed off at a hotter pace. Th: Ket- chikan and West Coast districts were not yet reporting. In the Central Copper River and Kodiak 1in showed better than last year. Pack reports for ths week, with comparative figures for last year are: ‘Wrangell-Petersburg—Red: 2,757 Another Shipment Crisp, Fresh FRUITS and VEGETABLES EAT MORE FRESH FOODS FOR HEALTH New Green Apples Bunch Beets White Turnips New Potatoes Oranges Grapefruit Green Onions Radishes and Many Other Good Things o Eat! - PHONE 704 Juneau Deliveries—10 A. M. and > Douglas Deli\"nry:—]l) A. M. Boat Orders Delivered Anytime! CERTO - - - - 3BottleDeal 89 | PURE CANE JELLY SUGAR - - 100 Ibs. $7.89 | GLASSES - - Dozen 65¢ KER WIDE MOUTH PINTS 1 FORMAY SHORTENING 3 TILLAMOOK CHEESE - Sharp LARGE R FRUIT REGULAR lbs. 83c JARS = doz. $1.39 PINTS - doz. $1.19 MAZOLA OIL gallon §2.19 FRESH FROZ -Peppy STRAWBERRIES - 43¢ FRESH FRUITS SHIPMENT and VEGETABLES MINIMUM DELIVERY—$2.50 DOUGLAS DELIVERY 10 AM. TWO DELIVERIES DAILY 10:15A. M., 2:15P. M BARerts CASH GROCERY vl es; chums, 4 cases; total, 2,761 cases; last year, 553 cases. Eastern District-—Reds, 223; pinks, 60; chums, 18; cohoes, 3; total, 304; last year, 697. Western Di kings, 11; cohoes, 80; 111,584, Icy Strait—Reds, 458; kings, 20; pinks, 126; chums, 461; cohoes, 39; total, 1,104; last year, 6,024. Yakutat—Reds, 6,717; kings, 475; pinks, 25; total, 7,217; last year, 4,- | 976. Tota! Southeast — Reds, 12,106; ! kings, 506; pinks, 666; chums, 1,339; rict — Reds, 1,951; pinks, 455; chums 856: total, 3,353; last year, cohoes, 122; total, 14,739; last year, 23,834, Central Alaska Copper River—Reds, 70,600; kings, 984; total, 76,584; last year, 57,132 Cook Inlet—Reds, 6,587; kings, 15,- | 526; pinks, 464; chums, 479; cohoes, 8; total, 23,064; last year, 23,883. | Kodiak—Reds, 91,989; kings, 110; pinks, 934; chums, 929; total, 93,962; | last year, 59,226. Chignik—Reds, 11,720; kings, 54; pinks, 117; chums, 94; total, 11,085; total, 23,487 Alaska Peninsula Total Central Reds, 180,896; kings, 21,674; pinks, 1,515; chums, 11502; cohoes, 8; total, 205,959; last | year 163,728, | Westward Alaska Port Moller District—Nat reported Bristol Bay—Reds, 68,526; kings, 1,416; pinks, 7,174; total, 77,116, All-Alaska total — Reds, 261,528; | kings, 23596; pinks, 9,355, chums 2841; cohces, 130; total, 297,450 s; last year, 187,562 cases. —— e | not reported | i | BULLETINS PARIS Gen. DeGaullr's head- quarters announced today he has accepted an invitation from Presi- dent Truman to visit Washington next month. | PORTLAND, Maine—Representa- tive Robert Hale of Maine said he has filad a bill proposing admission of Hawaii into the Union. Home for a holiday, he declared that Hawaiians have shown a devotion to the United States which makes it in every way appropriate that she should becoms- a State. OTTAWA — Canada will resume rationing of meat shortly Prime Minister Mackenzie King annourtced today . Meat has not been rationed here since March 1, 1944, WASHINGTON—The House Vet- erans Committes today approved legislation permitting honorably dis- | ! charged war veterans to work in| | closed or union shops without join- i ling a union. | | | WASHINGTON—Brig. Gen. Ell- lott Roosevelt was proposed in the | House today as the next Secretary of the Treasury. The suggestion | | came from Rep. Rich (R.-Pa.), fre-| quent critic of the Roosevelt admin- | istration. Said Rich: “He knows how to get the money.” ‘WASHINGTON-—The Department | of Agriculture says no aid may be | expected from Canada in relieving ! the meat shortage as surplus Can- adian beef will be shipped to Eng- |land and liberated countries of the European continent. | 2 2 | WASHIGTON War Mobilizer Fred M. Vinson is being rumored as | | successor to Secretary of the Treas- | |ury Henry A. Morgenthau, Jr. i WASHINGTON—Legislation aim- |ed at creating a post of Secretary of Peace in the Cabinet has been introduced by Senator Alexander Wiley, Republican of Wisconsin SAN FRANCISCO — Tokyo radio announces Iwo-based Mustangs, for the second straight day have attack- ed airfields around Tokyo. SECOND LARGEST STEEL MILL IS STRIKE - BOUND Five Navy-s—e_ized Rubber Plans in Akron, How- ver, Producing Tires (By the Associated Press) The world’s second largest steel mill was shut down today by a strike, but in Akron, O., tires began rolling off production lines in five Navy-seized rubber plants. The first of 16,000 CIO United Rubber Workers reported for duty this morning at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company plants which had been strikebound for 20 days. Over the nation labor disputes idled a total of 52,250 persons. In the South Chicago plant of the Car- negie-Illinois Steel Company, a com- pany spokesman said, was forced to shut down today, idling 13,000 em- ployees, following a work stoppage by 50 plant CIO railmad operators. The plant’s normal production of steel for the war effort is 10,500 tons every 24 hours, and it ranks second to the company’s huge Gary, Ind., plant in size. In Cleveland, Republic Steel Cor- portion’s huge continuous strip mill was closed by an “unauthorized” stoppage by 100 CIO United Steeld workers and labor disputes kept idle 4,100 coal miners in eastern Penn- sylvania, cutting anthracite produc- tion 12,500 tons daily. " _THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA " ALLIED MISSION PROPERTY VALUE DENIES LEOPOLD ~~ REPORT WILL GO HELD PRISONER BEFORE COUNCIL | BRUSSELS, July 6. — The Su-| After three wecks of respite, the preme Allied Headquarters mission | Juneau City Council resumies its de- is in Full Swing! |in Brussels today denied a charge liberations at the first July meeting in the City Council| Hall at 8 printed by the pro-Leopold news- | this cvening paper La Libre Belgique that King | Chambers at the City Leopold was being held a prisoner‘u'cluckA | in Austria by U. S.-troops. Principal topic forecast for dis- The mission acknowledged that |cussion is the final report to be pre- an order for the Belgian Monarch’s sented by Howard S. Henretta on detention may have been issued by the revaluation of property within some American subordinate, but the city, now completed. With re- said that, if so, it was unauthorized | valuation before them, the Council- and in error. men will have something to go on Meanwhile Premier Achille Van!in Preparation of the city budget, Acker flew to St. Wolfgang, Aus-|Which the Mayor expects to have tria, with a group of Government r¢2dy for Council action by the fol- officials for his fourth series of 10Wing meeting. K conferences with Leopold. He was| Scveral other matters of less im- believed to have gone to renew Mediate concern are also docketed pressure for the King's abdication.|{0F this evening’s s, WAl 18 ised to be one of the most in- - 5 4 ; b o 2 IN JUNEAU teresting yet to confront the presen : administration. - | HUSPIrAL NOTE Sharon Day has returned home from St. Ann’s Hospital after re- Enjoy the FRESHNESS and CRISPNESS of the FRESH FOODS from our up-to-date COOEL ROOMS Also enjoy the complete stocks of STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES we have to offer at Pleoly wieedy | 16 - Phones == 24 | There is no substitute for newsoaper advertising! HALVERS! Olaf Halverson, of Kodi has arrived in Juneau and is a guest it the Baranof Hotel. - DAVLIN LEAVES e n ceiving inedical care, Maxine Davlin left via Pan Am- John Eisenbergh was discharged erican yesterday for the States on yoster y from St. Ann’s Hospital, a brief visi |where Le had been a medical patient. { ->oo—— Empire Want-ads Tring resulis! 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