The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 6, 1945, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE LIBRARY Ob CONGRESS SERIAL RECORD NOV 231945 [ i WY s VOL. LXV., NO. 10,084 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1945 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS TIGERS BEAT CUBS BY 4-1 SCORE TODAY 4 "SHIDEHARA 15 NAMED HEAD, NIDPON GOVT. " 0ld Baron Is Summoned from Refirement-Wiil Form New Cabinet TOKYO, Oct. 6—The trembling old hands of Baron Kijuro Shide- hara, who fought the Japanese milit. aggression from its start, today picked up the reins of Japa- nese government—which he said he hopes to make truly liberal. The 73-year-old enfeebled Baron was summoned dramatically from 14 years of retirement, forced upon | him by the militarists whom he opposed, to become premier of Japan at its most critical point in t history. He promised Emperor Hirohito to “do my best” to form a cabinet that would meet with the approval of Allied occupation authorities. Ex-Premier Prince Higashi-Kuni and the first po ar cabinet re- signed en blol erday because they were unable to put into effect sweeping measures designed to sub- stitute democratic freedom for feudalism in Japan. Yoshida Reappointed Shidehara’s first official act was (Continued on Page Seven) The Washington Merry - Go-Round By DRFW PEARSON WASHINGTON—A lot of back- stage argument has been taking place regarding future disposition of the many valuable Nazi docu- ments seized in Germany. Some of these may have military value and should remain secret for a while. On the other hand, many import- ant Nazi files pertain to economic and social matters of tremendous interest to the American public, which may help to prevent an- other war. It is the belief of many | government insiders that the Am-, erican public is entitled to see them. One such document pertaining, to cooperation between Standard Oil cf New Jersey. and I. G. Far- ben, the Nazi cartel, recently was found in Germany. | The document has been in the hands of Foreign Economic offi-| cial William Stone, who has re- fused all efforts made by news- i | { | | | | TAX RECORDS All Nations REVAMPED AT Peace Draft SECRETMEET §fill Hoped City Councilmen Still Hear- Soviet Atfifude Defermin- ing Echoes of Equal- ing Factor for Repre- ization Hearing sentative Meet What Mayor Ernest Parsons de-, WASHINGTON, Oct. clared at the time was just an in-| the breakdown of the formal get-together of the City conferenc in London, Councilmen, to wind up loose ends Byr: still has hopes today for “a of the t records, was revealed in truly representative” European peace the reading of Council Minutes as meeting before the end of the year. an official Special Meeting of the He indicated Russia’s attitude will Juneau Common Council—held on determine whether it materializes. Thur y evening, September 27. Soviet Foreign Commissar Molo- It appears now also that the Spec- |tov has not rejected the United 6.—Despite five-power ial Meeting turned out to be an ex- States proposal for such a confer-| gal Board of Equalization ses- ence, Byrnes said in a radio report sion, with adjustments being made |to the nation last night. He add- essments as well as bookkeep- | €d, he hopes the Soviet Union will ing errors being corrected. |agree “that the nations that fought Even with that unannounced, un- the war—the world war—shall have publicized conclave behind them,/a chance to make the peace.” the Councilmen still have not heard B strongly emphasized his the last of assessment “kicks”. One belief that this means all Allied Na- was heard from the audience at las s directly involved—not just 's regular meeting and s Britain and the United came to light in the reading States. of the mail. Both were referred to At different points in his address f Equalization next year.|De put in the following: - - “At Berlin it certainly was never |intended that the three powers pres- ‘vu[ or the five powers constituting r ere at the Council (of Foreign Ministers) K 4 Secretary | | should ta unto themselves the making of the final peace.” At London, “The American delega- tion took the position that, in an in- Government Moves fo Avert Coal Strike-0il Industry Situation terdependent, democratic world, peace cannot be the exclusive co cern of a few presently powerful states . . ., ” (Associated Press Correspondent) Back-to-work orders are expected to cut the number of workers idle over labor disputes from the record Ties With which they had not been telligence with the enemy during 1945 high of more than 550,000 to under 400,000. Major trouble spots: COAL Government moves to avert threatened nation-wide coal strike as spreading stoppages idle 155,000 miners, close more than 500 pits in six sates. " OIL—Striking CIO oil workers vote on union president’s back-to- work order after government seiz- ure of properties in 15 states. AUTOMOTIVE — CIO-UAW says Kelsey-Hayes strike in Detroit “The United States is willing to dictate terms of peace to an enemy, Ibut is not willing to dictate terms of peace to its allies.” Byrnes disclosed that one big dif- | ferential at London was over recog- nition of the present Bulgarian and Hungarian governments. He made it plain, too, that another stumbling block was Russia’s insistence on ex- cluding France and China from dis- cussions of peace treaties for coun- ‘Bloody Trail Left - By Japan's Secret | TOKYO, Oct. 6.—Condemnation of | St | Japanese secret police and allega- |tions they tortured prisoners to ideath, were voiced today by the Police Says Domei papermen to have the document made public. However, this text. The document indicatgs that American businessmen unwittingly aided Germany's preparation for| war. It will be recalled that the Justice Department brought an anti-trust action against Standard 0Oil of New Jersey for making a! deal with I. G. Farben before Pearl Harbor to keep synthetic rubber patents away from the American public. After the Justice Department | brought its action, Standard Oil | took full-page %ads in American | newspapers defending the cartelé agreement with the Nazi firm, and claiming that Standard Oil got | more out of the deal than did the Nazis. H * *® FARBEN SAYS NO | When the Nazis read these state- | ments, I. G. Farben officials pm-“ ceeded to refute Standards claim. I. G. Farben's arguments were| written down in a confidential| memo signed by top chemist Gold- berg, with doctors Pier and Zorn| concurring. The document was dis- | covered by Aaron L. Tietelbaum | and Eric L. Meyer of the U. S.| Army. | Commenting on the claims of Robert Saslam, Standard Oil's top| col- | umnist has now obtained the full} | Northwest as ended but company disagrees; Ford | Domej Agency, which used Japan’s Motor Company, on basis of eX-|pewfound freedom of the press to nearly 60,000 lzid-off workers next|less activi perpetrated by the week; union to file notice with|secret police system since it was NLRB Monday of intent to strike|formed.” by 145,000 Ford workers; unicn and | The Japanese people lived in “ut- pected end of long walkout, x'ecalls‘dgsmbe “the hloody trail of ruth-! TAVAI TD e 0 LAVALTRIAL |COUNCLVOTES SUSPENDED.§ LIBRARY BOARD SE(OND “MEPermanenifidy fo Ad- minister Proposed Mem- orial Wins Backing | Juneau is to have a permanent | Library Board, similar in nature to the present School Board. That decision was made last night MO | when the City Council unanimously (Asscciated Press Correspondent) | voted to instruct City Attorney PARIS, Oct. 6—Pierre Laval's| Howard D. Stabler to draft an ordi- trial was suspended today after the nance creating a permanent, elec- former Vichy chief of government tive, threc-member Library Board was expelled from the courtroom and enumerating its functions, dut- for the second time in three days|ics and responsibiliti and then refused to continue his|Pers would serve without compensa- defense when recalled to the| oM 5 chamber. | It was the general feeling of the After ordering Laval from the | Councilmen—all were present for last {French High Court of Justice for|CYERIDE'S session —that such “_d”‘fm;d failing to answer a question l‘rum;'; Y5 ‘ S dqc Lup.‘nowlm»m “r". the bench, Judge Paul Mongibeaux BAgE 16 TOME TR Aaees . colbee Jor | | the projected Memorial Library for announced that the session was| suspended for an indefinite which the Rotary Club has started Bl [the ball rolling. The Board would I d serve in an advisory capacity in | Laval was brought back into the court a short time later, but went llie SRS SEND Ior the. new on a one-man, sit-down strike.| Mcngibeaux immediately discon- | | tinued the interrogation of Laval| and suspended the session a second | time when there were no witnesses present to continue the trial. Upon his return to the court- room, Laval said: | “The insulting wa; questions and the behavior of some jof the jurors lead me to believe |you are about to commit a judi-| The Council's action toward crea- which I will not ciary crime in ticn of a Library Board answered take part and I, thercfore, prefer gne of two requests made of the City {to sit down.” administration at the regular Coun- | Laval's expulsion and the day’s|cil meeting last evening by the Rev. | first suspension produced an up-|G. Herbert Hillerman, Rotary Pres- roar in the court. Everyone rose. |idegt. A juror French justice! | atively answered by the Council, was In the French press box someone |that the City give its official sanc- within earshot of Mongibeaux said: tion to a Citizens Committee to | “Laval is right.” !raim funds for the proposed Mem- | Laval, successful yesterday in orial Library. The Council was pre- contesting accusations that he ' sented with a list of Juneau citizens | plotted against France's domestic whom the Rotary Club asked the | security, still faced the more Mayor and Council to name to such lscrmus charge of having had in- a committee—with such other names |added as City officials might sug- gest. and Adolf Hitler at Montoire. | Proposed Committee A The list of members proposed by (HARIER RA'"F'ED the Rotary Club, some of whom al- ready have been contacted by club i | | officials and have agreed to serve, | | Former Ffén(h Premier‘-' Goes on One-Man Sit- Down Strike By M | tration after completion. Former Board Once before Juneau had a Library | Board, it was stated. Former Mayor Harry Lucas named B. D. Stewart, Dr. James Ryan and B. F. Heintzle- Iman as its members. But, it was only temporary and did not have of- you put your|ficia] status. Its sole function was ent Library. | the 1940 meeting of Marshal Petain | | i - - | | | is: Nick Bavard, the Rev. Willis Booth, | | Charles W. Carter, Mrs. William Car- LONDON, Oct. 6.—Edward R. t¢%» G. E. Cleveland, Mrs. James Stettini e | Cole, Mrs. Jake Cropley, H. L. Faulk- tettinius, American delegate to the ner, Jack Fletoher, Thomas George, Charles Goldstein, W. D. Gross, B. F. Heintzleman, Walter Heisel, Mrs. o Mildred Hermann, John Hermle, United Nations preparatory commis- sion, announces that 30 countries| had ratified the organization’s char-, |ter—one more than necessary | bring it into existence. | Earle Hunter, Stettinius, who made the an-| James McNaughton, Mrs. John nouncement at an open meeting of | McCormick, J. J. Meherin, J. F. Mul- the league’s executive committee, len, A. B. Phillips, W. S. Pullen, R. [said 11 countries already had de- E. Robertson, John Reck, Allen posited their ratifications in Wash- Shattuck, Robert Simpson, Mrs. Har- ington and that the other countries!old Smith, B. D. Stewart, Jce Thibo- had sent word that ratifications were | deau, Alfred Zenger, all Organized on the way. i Labor groups, the Jeep Club. >-ee SGI, BOB DAV“N IS | The Rev. Hillerman touched off a ; BACK AS "MISTER" |flurry of discussion with his state- {ment that it is generally Leld by those in the list whom he has con- tacted that publicized estimates of $60,000 as the cost of a Memorial Sgt. Bob Davlin, United States|piprary is far beyond what had ori- Am}ly, is f’“k in Juneau today (ginaly heen anticipated and con- as “Mister” Davlin and will im-|ggergbly higher than can well be mediately take over his functions as one of the owners of the Cow- ling-Davlin Co. Known to all Juneauites as|pujlding costing about $35,000. “Bob,” Mr. Davlin was discharged| 1¢ was explained that the $60,000 yesterday afternoon to join his|yance planning loan, that it includes wife here. |$10,000 for purchase of a site. land- | expected to be raised by public sub- iscription. The Rotary Club, he from the Army last Wednesday at|figure is merely an outside estimate Fort Richardson and soon hopped |submitted in the application to the A e e {:capfing and interior fixtures. Ar- .~ L op SEEX®. | chitect H. B. Foss declared that an G'fl'S Fon (HlNESE |actual cost figure closer to $40,000 | |is not unlikely for a suitable build- sald, had originally conceived a on a plane and landed in Juneau:pcde“l Works Agency for an ad- BENEFIT ARE BEING i« GIVEN BY BPW (LUB, Gifts to be sold for the benefit of Weidman Puts Spur When it came to authorizing an agreement with the FWA to accept | ! 1 the $2,000 approved by that agency ary and would oversee its admin- | thz selection of books for the pres-| shouted: “That’s 10t The second request, also affirm- | "BEAST OF | | BELSEN"IN ::: | Cramer, cf. ~ CONFESSION | | ey | | Admits Gassing Prisoners, | Other Atrocities at | Mass Trial | | | LUENEBURG, Oct. 6 — Joseph| Kramer, “The Beast of Belsen,”| confessed that he gassed prisoners at Natzweiler Concentration Camp in a signed statement presented to- day as the prosecution concluded Board mem- | jts case against 45 SS men and|Hughes, ss. | | women guards accused of con-| | spiracy to commit mass murder. | Kramer, who saw duty at five concentration camps, also admit- | ted that he was fully aware of the |gas chamber and crematorium at the Oswiecim Camp he com- manded. | Kramer's confession contradicted | |an earlier statement, which was in- (troduced by Prosecutor T. M.| | Backhouse four days ago. At nml | time the surly Nazi denied exist- | ence of a gas chamber at Os-| wiecim and categorically denied al- | {legations of former prisoners that | there were mass executions, whip- pings and other demonstrations of | cruelty. { Kramer's statement closed the | prosecution case. | Kramer’s face was strained and | ashen as he listened to the prose- | cution read the deposition. BULLETINS NEW YORK--The four-hour stop- page by telephone operators throughout the nation ended at 6 o'clock last night and normal service was resumed as the workers reported to their offices. There will be no repeat. WASHINGTON - President Tru- man left this morning on a tour of six States, going first to Berryville, Virginia, to be best man today at former Missouri Senator Bennett [ Champ Clark’s wedding, then fishing | on his five-day trip through the | Mid-West. | | e | WASHINGTON — Major General | Lewis B. Hershey, in a statement, | suggests that men under 21 be re- | conciled to the prospects of induc- | tion for military service. | CATSKILL, N, Y. — Dr. George | Coles Stebbins, who achieved inter- national fame as a hymn writer in | | the era of religious revivalism, died | | today at the age of 99. AUBURN, Nebr.—Mrs, Sam By- rom, mother of 11 children, was killed when the tractor with which | she was helping plant wheat became : entangled in a fence, upset and | crushed her. She was about 17, LONDON-—Five German prisoners | of war were hanged today for lhn}' {murder of a fellow prisoner whom they had “tried” and condemned for | deserting the Nazi creed. The sen- | tences of death were announced | last night by the War Office. MOSCOW Premier Stalin and all other members of the present | Supreme Soviet must seek reelec- tion next February 10 if they are to continue in their seats for an- | other four years. The first general | elections in the Soviet Union since | December 12, 1937, were crdered held in February by the Presidium | “of the Supreme Soviet yesterday. SANTA ROSA, Calif.—A headon | crash that left a Navy bus and | Army truck a tangled mass of wreck- age killed five persons and injured 28, four of them critically, two miles : I.«.uuv,h or Petaluma, Calif,, last night. | | OSSINING, N. Y.—The Rev. wil- | |liam Cummings, 43, the Catholic | Priest credited with originating the SERIES BOXSCORE DETROIT (America AB Webb. S8, Greenberg, 1f Cullenbine, rf. York, 1b. Outlaw, 3b. Richards, c. Trout, p. e T T mmmommmOS NOWWO oS WD Totals 33 4 72712 CHICAGO— (National) AB R Hack, 3b. Johnson, 2b. Lowrey, 1f. Cavarretta, 1b. Pafko, cf. Nicholson, rf. Livingston, c. omoDo~CwaRrmBu=BO fBecker Merullo, ss. Prim, p. Derringer, p. *Secory Vandenberg, p. 1Gillespie Erickson, p. H 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 J 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | cococcocoocccccoor~o ° ° | Omomococo = mwadades Totals 3 1 52111 “—Batted for Derringer in fifth | inning. +—Batted inning. —Batted for Vandenberg in sev- enth inning. SUMMARY Errors — Nicholson, York. Runs batted in — Greenberg, Cullenbine, Outlaw, Richards. Two base hits— | Cullenbine. Three base hits—John- | son . Sacrifice—Prim. Earned runs Detroit (AL) 4; Chicago (NL) 0. Left on bases—Detroit (AL) 6, Chi- cago (NL) 5. Bases on balls—off Prim 1 (Mayo); off Derringer 2 (York, Greenberg); off Trout 1 (Hughes); off Erickson 1 (Cullen- bine). Strikeouts — by Prim |(Greenberg) ; by Derringer 1 (Webb); | by Trout 6 (Cavarretta 2, Nicholson 12, Secory, Lowrey); by Erickson 2 | (Greenberg, Richards). | PITCHING SUMMARY | Prim, 3 hits, 4 runs in 3 1/3 in- nings; Derringer, 2 hits, 0 runs in 1 2/3 innings; Vandenberg, 0 hits, 0 | runs in 2 innings; Erickson, 2 hits, 0 | runs in 2 innings. Passed ball—Liv- ingston. Losing pitcher—Prim, Umpires Conlan (NL) plate; | Summers (AL) first base; Jorda | (NL) second base; Passarella (AL) | third base. Time—Two hours. ey PLAY-BY-PLAY FIRST INNING TIGERS — Webb bounched out, Hack to Cavarretta, after working for Hughes in seventh | | the count to 2-2. Mayo lined out to Pafko, who made a fine running catch not far behind second ‘base. Cramer went out, Prim to Cavar- retta. No runs, no hits, no errors; none |left on base. CUBS—Hack went out, Webb to York, the Tiger first baseman pick- ing the throw out of the dirt. John- son smashed a grounder to York and was out, York unassisted. Lowrey lined out to Cullenbine in short right. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. SECOND INNING TIGERS—Greenberg worked the count to 2 and 2 and then struck out, swinging hard as the crowd roared. Cullenbine popped out io Cavarretta near first base. York was an easy out, Johnson to Cavarretta. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on bas~. CUBS—Cavarretta was called out on strikes as he watched Trout’s curve cut an outside corner. York | made a nice knockdown of Pafko's smash and recovered the ball to toss to Trout for the out. Nicholson struck out, swinging. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. THIRD INNING TIGERS Outlaw rapped to Hughes, who threw him out at first. Lowrey took Richards' long fly in left field. Trout hit a terrific liner right into Hack’s outstretched glove. No runs, no hits, no errors; none left on base. CUBS—Livingston made the first cCoco~OCwWHOO =S wN P chemist, that the United States got | more than Germany from the | secret contract, the I. G. Fnrben‘ document states that when it came to synthetic rubber, the Americans; TOKYO, Oct. did not “receive anything important | Ministry of Education has abolished to war economy.” bayonet' drills, target practice, Then the I. G. Farben memo | ground battle technique and mili- | in Nippon Schools, 6—The Japanese r proceeds to make this interesting | ta¥y ski training in all Japanese Richard, Lt. Col. John Johnson,| statement: “Besides, they could |schools. bave procured the patents without| A mote sent to all school princi- our agreements in wartime, for Pals and prefeetural governors also during a war a state will never Bave notice that orders to repealy fencing and Jiu Jitsu practice would soon be issued, | (éon!lfitd on Page Four) General Motors to renew discus- ter dread of the name itself for many sion on 30 per cent wage rate in- years,” said the news agency, and crease. | “indescribable methods of question SHIPPING—Indications point to, ing victims were used by the police. end of longshoremen'’s strike, in-| ————.-—— velving about 60,000 workers, whichr has tied up shipping in New York (oRDovA IlMES harbor this week, as major local | votes to go back to work Mcnday. | HAS IElEIYpE COMMUNICATIONS — Request | for strike vote for Independent | Union of Telephone Operators| SEATTLE, Oct. 6—The Cordova and Employees indicated after na- iTiml!s. published daily by E. H. Pet- tionwide four-hour walkout yes-tijohn, today began direct radio- terday as test of union strength. |teletype service from Seattle, as an IfUMBER — Water movement of |extension of high. speed, modern lumber slowed down in Pacific| news transmission by the Associated sailors union sup- | Press. ported the 61,000 striking AFL All Alaskan dailies, members of lumber workers’ efforts to close } the Associated Press, are now on the down the industry; some 40,000 direct teletype circuit. The service CIO lumber workers remain on job.|Was inaugurated from Seattle last TRANSPORTATION — Strike of |January to the Fairbanks News- 2,700 AFL bus drivers over wage Miner and Anchorage Times, and to demands continues, crippling travel |radio stations KFAR, Fairbanks, and in seven Northwest states. KFQD, Anchorage. O/ AP Last May 1 it was extended to o4 & the Juneau Empire and the Ketchi- Mlllla’y Ia("‘s kan Chronicle and radio stations KINY, Juneau, and KTKN, Ketchi- d d i kan. jrid oy PAN AMERICAN BRINGS Pan American World Airways yes- terday flew the following to Juneau from Seattle: John Evans, William Frank Oliver, Solomon Simonson, Nell Hawley, Howard Floyd and Clar- | ence Walston. Those leaving for Seattle were: Maj. Arvid Reed, Earl Stendahl and | Frank Heintzleman, the Chinese Nursing Fund, under the auspices of the National Federation ' of Business and Professional Wo- men’s Clubs, are being donated by club members throughout the coun- | try. Local club members have been |asked to cooperate, and are remind- ed to leave their gifts at the Flower- land Shop, the time for leaving them !having been extended from today | to next Tuesday. The donations should be gift- | wrapped, Alaskan in character so Jlar as possible and not cost over $1 as an advance planning loan, some|Phrase “There are no atheists in of the Councilmen were a bit leery. | foxholes” died of exposiirs and star- It took a spark tossed from the| vation early this year aboard a {loor by fisherman Carl Weidman to| Japanese ship, according to word re- put an end to delaying action. Coun- | ceived here from Manila. cilmen John Young, Ed Nielsen and Harry Lea were especially concern-| TOKYO—General MacArthur has ed about getting the City involved | terminated military press censorship in any commitment that might later for all Allied correspondents, main- bounce back on it. Young held out for suspending ac- Japanes¢ press and radio. tion on the planning loan until it BB, 0 was seen that money for erection of PUCKETT IN TOWN (Continued on Page Five) Ja guest at the Hotel Juneau, Councilman | taining only his censorship of the’ L. M. Puckett, of Anchorage, is | hit of the game, a clean single into {left centerfield which was handled | by Greenberg. Hughes attempted to (sacrifice and forced Livingston at second, Trout to Webb. Prim sac- | rificed Hughes to second, the play going to Yor kto Mayo. Outlaw took Hack's grounder and threw him |out at first. No runs, one hit, no errors; one left on base. FOURTH INNING TIGERS — Webb bounced out, DIZZY TROUT EVENS SERIES FORBENGALS Four-Run Fourth Even Puts Detroit Too Far Ahead for Bruins to Catch SHORT SCORE TIGERS CUBS (oMpofi;rE SCORE TIGERS CUBS SCORE BY INNINGS TIGERS Runs Hits Errors & 1500 2 CUBS Runs Hits . Errors i WRIGLEY FIELD, Chicago, Oct. 6—The Detroit Tigers broke out of their hitting and scoring doldrums with a loud crash in one big inning today to whip the Chicago Cubs, 4 to 1, in the fourth game of the world series and even the set at two victories apiece. Getting their first hits in twenty 1/8nd two-thirds innings since the second frame of yesterday's defeat in Detroit, the American League champions batted around in a big fourth inning as they drove Lefty Ray Prim to the showers and con- tinued against Paul Derringer for a four-hit barrage, before a sellout crowd of more than 44,000. The Cubs finally crashed in a scoring change with a run in the sixth. Not a man came close to reach- ing first base for either club through the first two frames of the game, which got under way 11 minutes late because of a fine drizzle. The first hit of the ball game came in the Cubs' third, when Mickey Livingston, catcher for the National League champions, led off with a sharp line single to left center, He was forced at second by Roy Hughes, however, as Trout went on to retire the side. As the seventh inning opened, the threatening weather, which had brought rain to delay the start of the game, cleared and the sun ;ame out for a few minutes. After a series of pinch-hitters had produced hiothing but a single by Heinz Becker In the Cub seventh, Manager Charley Grimm made two switches in his lineup, putting Lem Merullo in at short- stop in place of Roy Hughes, and calling Paul Erickson, a tall right- hander, from the bullpen to do the hurling. He held the Bengals score- less the rest of the way. The fifth game of the series will be played in Chicago tomorrow. War Crimes Court Gathering fo Hear In’dld_@nls Read BERLIN, Oct. 6.—~Members of the International War Crimes Tribunal began gathering in Berlin today for an important prelude to the Nuern- berg trials—the proclamation of in- dictments. All French and Soviet members had arrived and part of the Brit- ish commission was on hand. The trial prosecutors were sche- duled to meet today. A session of the judges will be held Monday. The formal reading of the indictments is expected at a court assembly on Tuesday. .o STEAMER MOVEMENTS Steamer Denali, from Seattle, is scheduled to arrive some time Sunday, Westward-bound. The Tongass is due Tuesday from Seattle, and sailing from here, will call at Haines, Skagway, Hoonah, Excursion Inlet and Pelican. The Taku, of the Alaska Trans- (Continued on Page Three) pertaticn Company, is scheduled to sail from Seattle Monday.