The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 27, 1945, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXVL, NO. 10,127 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUES DAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1945 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS o= AMERICAN PLANES FLY TO AID CHINESE PEACE TALKED BY JAPS WHEN PEARL HARBOR ATTACKED Former Secrefary of State Hull Gives Qut More Testimony at Probe WASHINGTON, Nov. 27—Former Secretary of State Hull testified today he had only an unverified report of the attack on Pearl Harbor when he conferred with Japanese “peace” envoys at 1 p. m. Dec. 17, 1941. Hull told the Senate-House com- HURLEY RESIGNS ASAMBASSADOR; CHARGES MADE J l WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Maj. |Gen. Patrick Hurley resigned a: |ambassador to China today, bitter- ly assailed American policy in Asia |and declared that a third world war was “in the making.” The white-haired soldier-diplomat | ¢harged that the United States was 'using its power and reputation undermine democracy and bolster |imperialism and communism” in 'the far east. | “In diplomacy today, we are per- mitting ourselves to be sucked into |a power bloc on the side of colonial mittee investigating the attack lhgg‘emperian.s:fn against communist im- the White House had called him | Perialism,’ he asserted. about noon of that day with the| “I am opposed to both. I still report that the Japanese had favor democracy and free enter-| struck, but his informant, was un-|Prise.” | crimes charges. Nazi MUSTERING OUT Nais Planned ot sk or ar 1 - PROPOSED BY SEN. | iWASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Senator e r a r Edwin C. Johnson (D-Colo) set out | today to remedy “one striking excep- | tion” to a general American rule of being more generous to war veter- ans than most countries | The quoted words are from a re- | port prepared by Bernard M. Bar- uch, financier-philanthropist, for |Johnson and other members of the P | Senate Military committee. Baruch By HARLD NORGAARD said the exception was in mustering- NUERNBERG, Nov. 27.—German Out pay. scheming to tear up the Versailles Baruch reported that mustering- |treaty and spread aggression over out pay in the United States is the | Europe started “soon after World flat sum of $300 for men with more War 1,” American prosecutors today than six months’ service, a portion told the International Military Tri- of which was overseas; or $200 if bunal trying 20 Nazi leaders on war more than six months' domestic ser- vice. In Canada and New Zealand such payments run at double our AggressionrAO ver Europe Schemed Early-New Phase of Trial YAMASHITA KNOWN AS "' PACIFIST" Ve Ciled by o b SEDARATISIS. o MAXEADVANCE ~ IRAN SECTIONS MANILA, Nov. 27—A de[cn.%‘ ! witness testified today that Lt. Gen.| 2 chmoyuk: Yamashita was so disliked| Tehran, Nov. 27.—A traveler from | by Dictator-Premier Hideki Tojo Northern Iran reported today that |that he was “exiled” to Manchuria'forces of Azerbaijan Province Sep- Alaska Freight Rate Hearing Starfed; No Poslpqnemenlfiranled despite his victory at Singapore. The witness, Keichoku Yoshida, a Tokyo attorney, declared at Yama- | shita’s trial on war criminal charges, | that the defendant brought down aratists had occupled Zenjan, 174 miles nothwest of Tehran, in mili- tary operations thrusting south along the main railway line. He said all government buildings able to confirm it definitely. The question arcse, Hull said, whether he should receive the Japanese at all or whether he should leave open the one chance in 10 that the reported attack had not taken place. Hull said he went into the meet- ing to find that the Japanese dele- gates were talking ‘“peace, peace, peace.” | in a 1500-word statement contain- ing frequent charges that career diplomats and state department of- ficials were blocking attainment of |expressed U. S. war aims. | Hurley said the United States “be- |gan the war with the principles of |the Atlantic Charter and demo- |cracy as our goal.” He added: “We finished the war in the Far Hurley announced his resignation | Listing step by step German plans for Reich domination of Europe, Assistant U. S. Prosecutor Sidney S. Alderman said the early schemes mustering-out pay. | Johnson said he would push a bill he has offered to extend to enlisted East furnishing lend-lease supplies | |and using all our reputation to un-| dermine democracy and bolter im- |perialism and communism.” At the White House, Press Secre- ry Charles G. Ross told reporters: | “The first intimation the Pre: Hull today branded as “an in- famaus charge” the inference in an Army inquiry board’s report that the note he handed Japanese “peace” ambassadors Nov. 26, 1941, b4 touched the button that started the| men terminal leave pay, as now granted to officers. That isn't the same thing as mus- tering-out pay, he noted, but if the bill goes through, “the take home money of the enlisted man when he is discharged will be much more.” were of ‘“modest origin and fan- | tastic nature” but developed into a real threat with the rise of Hitler. German war preparation, Alder- man asserted, “could have been in- | terrupted at several points.” Fhases of Aggression Seven distinct phases of aggres- sion listed by Alderman were: One, period of preparation from 1933-36; Two, absorption of Austria; Three, grabbing of Czechcslovakia; Four, invasion of Poland and beginning of actual war; Five, Expansion of | BULLETINS Tojo's wrath by saying a war with Ithe United States was “undesire- able.” Yoshida claimed the wide public-| in Zenjan, capital of Khamseh Prov- \ince, were in Separatists’ hands and | that telepraph lines were cut There was no official confirma- izing of Yamashita's trial in ans\nition here. The Iran government pre- was having an effect opposite to|viously has acknowiedged that the that intended by the Americans, bf‘-:snl)nn\“s(s were operating in Kham- cause the* Japanese people “knew |seh, armed with weapons which were Yamashita to be such a high char- |distributed by “unknown people.” acter that the public is in sympathy| 1¢ tne report fs true, only two | | | SEATTLE, Nov. 27.—Alaska Attor-' ney General Ralph J. Rivers asserted the “very economic survival of Alas- | ka is at stake” at the opening today | |of the Maritime commission’s hear- | ing into the Territory’s water frflght.l and passenger rate structure | | He asked Examiner Thomas Wood- | ward, former Maritime commission member, to postpone the session at least six mronths or limit it to pre- liminary matters, arguing the Terri- tory had been given no information as to the financial situation of the companies in the Alaska trade, their cperating efficiency or other data. | Examiner Woodward postponed a formal ruling but said the hearing must proceed as scheduled. The War Shipping Administration, operating the companies during the war, has petitioned for a complete examina- tion of rate schedules. The compa- nies will soon revert to private op- erators. Rivers' efforts to delay the ses- 'sions were also backed by Malcolm D. Miller, Washington, representing | FLIGHT IS ORDERED BY WAR DEPT. Transport, Hrce Fighters Sent from India, Burma fo Fighting Front CHUNGKING, Nov. 27—Chinese Nationalists today heard that some 700 American planes are being flown into China, presumably for their use, as Central Government troops drove to within 90 miles of Mukden, vital rail center In the battle for Manchuria. Associated Press Correspondent Richard Cushing wrote Shanghai that virtually every fly- able American plane in India and Burma was being flown into China in an operation which already has cost several American lives. There wefe 11 crashes last Thursday from | when 22 P5's flying from Kunming to the Shanghai area encountered a weather front. Cushing was told the flight was | with him.” The attorney, one of a group brought here by Defense Attorney Maj. George Guy, asserted Yama- shita was cne of the “pacifist” group of former War Minister Gen- |eral Ugoki opposed to Tojo and his :’acmc watrt.wfle' :ssafle:l tx_n vi[.;oro:s‘dem had of the resignation was war to Scandis language interpretations made, ypen 1 handed him the news when countries; Six, Attack on Russia; by the Army board. “I sat under that infamous charge for months when every reasonable minded person knew lit came in on the White House tick- ler.” | Asked whether Hurley had re- |quested an appointment with the SEATTLE—A storm which whip- ped the Oregon and Washington coasts and damaged communications lines and boats and blocked high- ways appears to have run its course. There was only light rain in some navia and the low :and Seven, collaboration with Japan jand Italy in aggression against the | United States. Horror Camp Scenes that the Japanese were attempting president, he said “not to my know- | at that time to get complete CON- ledge.” The secretary could recall tr?‘l of the Pacific,” Hull declured.‘omy one White House call by Hur-' ‘Somebody ~ who knows little ey since his recent return from A new phase of the trial—under the count of the indictment which charges the Nazi leaders with crimes of murder and abuse of civilians— coastal arcas today, and none at all in others. The wind has died down. LONDON—Commons was asked about what was going on and who cares less, says ‘why didn't the United States make concessions and keep us out of the war’?” he con- tinued. China. The State Department had no im- mediate comment. SUCCESSOR NAMED 27.—Presi- tonight by Winston Churchill to cecnsure the British Labor Govern- ;ment. The formar Prime Minister | charged that the Labor Government was neglecting major national prob- lems in favor of Socialist projects. {will be opened tomorrow when the court and the defendants will see i films of Nazi horror camps. What they will see is undoubtedly (the most sickening record of hu- henchmen. BRITISH TROOPS " BY INDONESIANS ! By RALPH MORTON ' | /BATAVIA, Java, Nov. 27.—Indone- ‘sians in Soerabaja launched a coun- terattack against British troops in' | { . ATTACKED ANEW | principal railway stations now sep- arate the Azerbaijan forces from the capital — Kazvin, 90 miles south of Zenjan, and Karadj, about 25 miles from Tehran. | Iranian troops which were dis- patched last week to quell disturb- |ances in Azerbaijan were halted by | Soviet Russian authorities at Kaz- vin and have not heen allowed to move north. - Russian troops occupy the zone. (In Moscow it was reported in in- ' formed quarters that the Soviet Un- |ion was preparing to reply to Brit- {ish and American notes on the sit- uation in Azerbaijan.) (The London Foreign Office said last night the British ambassador had handed a note to Foreign Com- missar V. M. Molotov, urging him to instruct the Russian commander in the Office of Price Administration, ordered by the War Department representatives of the Departments 8nd that the Tenth Air Force was of Commerce and Agriculture and bringing transports and the Four- Harold O'Neill, of the Alaska Salmon | teenth Alr Force fighters. Ranking Industry, Inc. | officers told Cushing that the air- G. W. Skinner, President of the Craft undoubtedly will be given to Alaska Steamship Company and C. | M. Mitchell, Secretary and Auditor, | were the first witnesses called. Costs Increased “Generally it has been found that all costs have substantially increas- ed and that freight rates have not kept pace,” Skinner said. Outlining the many problems of increased costs, he recommended that the WSA or the Mflllfl\m- mission should continue to operate with the lowest possible rates, at least until beginning of the summer season. He suggested the govern- ment should stand reconversion ex- ! the Chinese Nationalists. U. 8. Air Force officials said it is vital that the United States pro- tect Allied gains in China, Cushing wrote, but the men flying the alr- craft “are debating angrily whe- ther they ought to be risking their lives three months after the end of the war.” Chungking newspapers sald Na- tionalist forces advanced 40 miles along the Peiping-Mukden Rail- road to Kowpangtze, 90 miles from Mukden. There was no report of opposition. Simultaneously, unconfirmed press Any reasonable person knows WASHINGTON, Nov. ‘man depravity ever recorded on that the Japanese were bent on/dent Truman late today named Gen. | attack and knows that we could not'George C. Marshal to replace Maj. have stopped them unless we had Gen. Patrick Hurley as ambassador laid down like cowards.” {to China. i film — bodies stacked like cord- wood awaiting huge cremation fur- naces after firing squads, gas cham- bers, disease and starvation had tak- OTTAWA—Canada’s Labor Min- | ister, Humphrey Mitchell, told Com- mons today that a settlement form- |ula had been worked out in the jofficial British report told of new In Batavia, prominent Dutch lead- lers and Red Cross workers asked in |attacks in Ambarawa and Bandoeng. | |that battered city today, and an Iran not to impede the movement of Iranian trcops toward the area.) - e pense for ships taken over and that reports indicated the Russians will Vidory Bond Sale Figures Announced WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Indivi- dual sales of Victory bonds today passed the 75 percent mark with recorded sales reaching a level of $3,044,000,000 toward a goal of $4,000,000,000. Of this amount $804,000,000 was in E bonds toward a goal of two bil- lion. The overall goal of the drive— which ends December 8 — is $11,- 000,000,000. The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DRFW PEARSON WASHINGTON — Ex-Ambassador Joe Davies, one of the best envoys ever sent to Russia, is writing a book which will make some fur bristle around the State Depart- ment. Davies is shocked at the Truman- Byrnes policy toward Russia, says that inside the State Department a vicious anti-Russian group is out to stir up trouble—perhaps eventual war—with the Soviet. Davies wants Truman and Stalin oo sit down across from each other and put all their cards on the table face up. He feels the USA. and the USSR. each with tre- mendous wealth and tremendous territory, are the last nations in the world to be natural enemies— though they can be if certain cliques in both countries keep stirring things up. Davies views the situation as a hard-headed business man—feeling tha’ America needs Russia and Russia needs America. He feels that Truman is exposed to all sorts of anti-Russian pressure, especially from certain Army-Navy big-shots and Russian- baiting diplomats. This explains the Prerident’s confused drift. Davies is really alarmed about | duotation of Alaska Juneau Mine| the danger of the situation, and, Stock today is 8%, American Canj unless someone gets to him, his| 104, Anaconda 47%, Curtiss-Wright! book will sound off in no uncer- tain terms. He has been hesitating Injured Vet of Guadalcanal Pitches Tent in City Square | CAMDEN, N. J, Nov. 27 — An | injured veteran of Guadalcanal has | pitched his pup tent on Roosevelt | Plaza and there he threatens to | stay until he finds a job and a | home for his family. | The veteran, 26-year-old Jack Maurer, has been unable to resume | nis pre-war work as an automobile | mechanic because both of his feet | were crushed in a plane crash. The former Marine said that he | had been turned down on eight ap- | plications for a G.I. loan to build |a home because of a lack of col- lateral. His wife and year-old son lare living with friends until Maurer finds a home and a job. | PR ;PriVaIe Essential - For Rifle Malch; Finally Separated SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Nov. 27.—Private Thomas Cooke, of Pima, Arizona, got the surprise of his |life while standing in the separation |line here for discharge. He heard someone shout, “Hey, get out of that |line. You're essential.” The next thing Cooke knew, he was out on the rifle range pumping bullets at a target. Two regiments |were having a rifle match, and one |side needed another man. Cooke - is a crack shot, and was declared essential long enough to win the match for the needy regi- ment. Then he was declared sur- plus and with a sigh of relief, re- turned to the separation line. STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, Nov. 27 — Closing 8!, International Harvester 97%, Kennecott 50, New York Central lest if he tells the truth he may| 31%, Northern Pacific 37%, U. S. len their toll PRV SO o | Ford Motor Company of Canada 0-top aircraft carrier Lake Cham- Help Solve New Crisi than 5,000 soldiers home from Eur- solve the Italian government crisis.! for transatlantic crossing, speed av- '1 leader. It had been believed that| WASHINGTON—Democratic Sen- i I strike. He said the formula was be- Six poli“tal p a " i es | lieved to be acceptable to both sides. In "aly Mee"ng |o NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—The 27,- 00t 1 | plain is riding at anchor in Hampton } Roads with a broom tied to her fore- | mast. The big flattop, carrying more ROME, Nov. 27—Representatives| ope crossed the Atlantic in exactly of Ttaly’s six political parties are; four days, eight hours and 51 min- to meet in Rome today to try to! utes to shatter all existing records This move follows the left-wing| eraging more than 32 knots an hour. withdrawal of support for Vittox’iol Orlando, 85-year-old World War Orlando would be named premier/ ator Burton K. Whesler asserted following the resignation of Pre-|today that the United States is mier Ferruccio Parri. | backing both Russia and England in I War . . . a war which, he said, might end civilization. ‘Wheeler ! made the statement in a speech to the Senate opposing participation in the present United Nations Or- ganization. Wheeler declared: “The |only aggressors today are our be- loved and noble peace-loving Allies.” port from Orlando— upist, Socialist and Action Parties.” These groups declared that a government headed by Orlando would swing to the right. ELECTION REFORM LOS ANGELES--Lt. Comdr. Rich- ard Barthelmess, after four years ,scrvice in the Navy as aide to Vice JoB oF JAp D'EI Adm. H. L. Leary, Commanding the | Eastern Sea Front, has received his TOKYO, Nov. 27.—Emperor Hiro-/discharge and is interested more in hito, in a colorful reading of an|renewing old friendships than re- imperial rescript, today made elec-|newing his film career. tion reform the number one function {of the current diet and insured| some revision of current laws. Standing before the imperial throne in the ornate House of Peers) Industry proposals to establish fact- the Emperor read the brief reszript!flnding panels as a remedy for in- in formal, heavy ténes while mem-!dustrial strife still have not been bers of both houses bowed deeply.|approved. The Japanese ruler was flanked on| the right by Princes of the blood| DETROIT—The big General Mot- and imperial household officials and | ors Corporation and the CIO United on the left by Premier Kijuro Shi-| Auto Workers Union are as far apart dehara's cabinet. as ever today in their wage dispute Specific ‘mention of election re- 'which has resulted in a nationwide ‘lorm in the rescript insured action|UAW strike aginst GM plants. {thereupon and made this the prin-| cipal Diet issue. -Simultaneously the | rescript statement limited to the House of Representatives such re- form, indicating there probably wm‘ be no change in the current appoint- | trial December 18 on a charge of ive status of the House of Peers de-| contempt of court in connection spite considerable newspaper agita- with mass picketing at Warner Bros. tion. | Studio, The rescript also broadly solicited | harmony in dealing with other mal-. ters, which include elimination of re- | WASHINGTON — The National Labor-Management Conference still i LOS ANGELES—Herbert K. Sor- rell, AFL strike leader in the film walkout that ended last month after 34 weeks, has been ordered to stand { NEWARK, N. J. — Four persons | died and 27 were injured, one critic- | ‘Wanted in Alaska For Burglary, Two ' Men I!![on Bonds SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27.—Har- tacked by Indonesians and declared | rison Barber, 27, and Edward Kubil- “the people who have suffered so!lus, 33, each posted bond of $5000 |a petition to the Netherlands East Indies government that 200,000 wo- men, children and the aged and sick | be evacuated from Java pending (“the return of normal times.” | The petition claimed that the same people who had suffered under ithe Japanese were now being at- | | i Three parties withdrew their sup- 8 mad rush into another World, has reached no major agreement.| |much already cannot stand the strain any longer.” | The Inronesian counterattack in | Soerabaja was mounted by a force |of 50 Indonesians with the aid of a |smnll Japanese tank. A British In- {:dlan patrol near the hospital area |was forced to withdraw. e \Propeller Driven Plane Makes Record | DAYTON, Ohio, Nov. 27 — A | propeller-driven plane has attained a speed of more than 500 miles per hour in level flight—the fastest any conventionally driven plane ever has flown—the Air Technical Service Command has annourced. The ATSC headquarters at nearby Wright Field said the record yesterday pending removal to Kodiak, Alaska, on burglary charges. The two are accused of partici- pating in a 1942 theft of $32,000 in cash and $5,000 in jewels in Ko- ‘diak. They are to be tried at An- |chorage, Alaska. Indicted here this jyear, Barber and Kubillus were ar- { rested in San Francisco several i weeks ago. > Opera Season Opens In N. Y. City; Read ‘What Society Wore NEW YORK, Noy. 27.—As Mrs. Truman and Mary Margaret smiled and applauded, the Metropolitan Opera company opened its 61st sea- son last night — with the most dazzling display of ‘diafionds “and ermine in years. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt wore her traditional head-band. Mrs. | George Washington Kavanaugh wore {diamond bracelets up to her elbow, John Jacob Astor wore a white tie and an opera hat—and New York society knew that once again, all was right with the world. The annual opening night spec- flight was made Aug. 4, 1944, by & Republic Aviation Corporation plan Republic Aviation Corporation | plane known as XP-47J. Republic Test Pilot Mike Ritchie hurtled the “J” over a Farming- dale, Long Island, test course be- fore Army observers who clocked lits speed at “over 500 miles per | hour” the ATSC said. e - JA(K DEMPSEY ouI | tacle of pelts and sparklers was dim- Imed during the war years, but last | | night the mighty flung aside war- oF( G n IS (IvlllA“‘time modesty and welcomed peace " Wy with a lavishness worthy of Diamond Jim Brady and Lillian Russell. | NEW YORK, Nov. 27—After near- i i {ly four years of service in the Coast | jGuard. Jack Dempsey, former world's}All HAD WOD llME 1‘heavywetghv. champion, is a civilian | | again. | | Dempsey retired as a commander | MULLENS, W. Wa. — Bill Holroyd | when he received his honorable dls-{;mflde this report on a hunting trip charge yesterday after completing a, With three buddles: |30-day Victory bond tour. | Henry Agee had a nightmare and | He said he plans to go to Canada |jumped through a window. | for a week of loafing, then head for, Joe Hayden fell in a river. |Cleveland where he will referee the| Wendell Cook was attacked by a on | bull. Christmas fund boxing show Dec. 3. offend Truman, but it now looks as if he is going ahead. (Note—Truman - recently offered e O sl (Continued on Page Four) | Steel 81, Pound $4.03%¢ Sales today were 1,830,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: Industrials, 190.45; 64.26; utilities, 38.41. pressive laws and action on such unprecedented government legisla- tion as expropriaticn of large landed ally, when an explosion of unde-| Following a Christmas trip to termined origin followed by a three- | California to visit his two daugh- alarm fire partially destroyed a |ters, Dempsey plans to return to Bag: Four squirrels. B FROM FAIRBANKS |subsidles because of Canadian com- petition should be considered. | Details Expenses 3 Mitchell submitted detailed ex- pense exhibits. A profit of $326,-. 069,36 after taxes was earned on| 'gross revenue of $6,645,149 in 1038, which he described as the last year of “normal operations”. On 1945 business, with the same 1939 rates,[ that would be converted into a $5422,820.36 loss, he said. His ex-/ hibit showed increased costs in over- | time of crews, fuel, food supplies, board money, insurance, stevedoring and other items. As the hearing opened, John B. Jago, of Washington, special coun- sel representing the WSA, read a statement from William Radner, general counsel, in Washington, saying the WSA “is informed and believes the present rate structure is not compensatory.” No specific new rate structure, however, was reccmmended. Jago said he would have to leave later today for San Francisco | Miller, represen:ing the OPA,;} moved at various times that the WSA petition ke dismissed altogether stating that the petition for increas- ed rates should have been asked by the companies directly, and also ask- ed that supplemental hearing be held in Washington and Alaska. They were taken under advisement. | Amcng other concerns gnd per-| sons who formally made appearances at the hearing were the Alaska Steamship Co., the Northland Trans- portation Co., Ed Medley, represent- ing the Cordova Chamber of Com- merce, Rivers, for the Territory, O'Neill, for the Alaska Salmon In- dustry, the WSA, the Santa Ana Steamship Co., and a Salt Lake City mining concern. | Medley will file a formal state- ment later in the hearing. Here in Juneau today, Robert A.! Henning, Acting Secretary of the| Alaska Development Board, revealed | the Board voted, four to one, to go| on record with the following state- | ment which it authorized and direct- | ed Attorney General Ralph J. Riv-/ ers to present for the record at the| present hearing in Seattle: | “The Alaska Development Board, a Territorial agency committed to the promotion of Territorial lndus-! trial expansion, demands in behalf | of the people of Alaska that cur- | rently scheduled hearings on propos- ed water freight rate increases trom! the United States to Alaska be post- | poned for a minimum of six months. permit the Nationalists to garrison Manchuria, They asserted a number of Chiang's officials had returned to Changchun, Manchutian capi- tal. ALASKA SURPLUS PROPERTY OFFICE HEAD APPOINTED WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Col. Melvin C. Snyder of Kingwood, W. Va., will head the Alaskan Surplus Property office of the Interior De- partment’s Division of Territories and Island Possessions. Announcing the appointment to- day, Secretary Ickes said Col. Snyder will supervise the sale of surplus properties in Alaska. He will make his headquarters in Anchorage. Col. Snyder was released from the Army recently after 49 months ser- vice, most of it in Alaska. B i TRAGEDY; 4 DEAD ’ ADA, Okla,, Nov. 27.—The bodits of Robert Plerce and his three chil- dren were found late yesterday in a woods near Ada, 24 hours after they left home presumably for a short ride. Sheriff Clyde Kalser and Homer Gosnell, Ada traffic officer who found the bodies, said a small pistol was lying beside them. All had died from pistol wounds. The three children—Joe, four months; Janet, 7, and Emily, 98— were lying in a row on a quilt. Pierce's body was slumped across the two older children. Mrs. Pierce said when her hus- band left with the children he said he would return in a short time. LET'S NOT KEEP TH'NEIGHBORS AWAKE TONIGHT~ THEY'VE GOT ALOT ON THEIR MINDS-ONLY Proper study of rate structures is im- I rails, estates and establishment of labor warehouse of the Great Atlantic and |New York to resume his business union laws. Pacific Tea Company, Ernest Eriksen, Fairbanks resi- activities, dent, is a guest at the Baranof. possible in the short time allowed ! by the present schedules. { “Existing high freight rates render ' (Continued on Page Two) | |