The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 23, 1946, Page 2

PAGE TWO Introducing the New . THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—] UNEAU, ALASKA NORTHSTAR BLANKET One of the finest anke 100, finest wool, 90 . . . pre- hrunk, fast colors, with a lovely rayon satin binding. Comes lovely colors White Rose Dust Gold Peach Pink t} in these $25.00 and $45.00 LARQGE SIZE BED PILLOWS 100 filled. T2xR%4 §19.50-$22.50 whb.JU . 100", crushed chicken feathers. Feather proof ticking. $2.95 each B M Rehrends Ca QARLITY SINCE 1887 SHORT GIVES NEW LIGHT ON - PREWAR DOPE t Kroner and Betts, arrived at the 1ld be no air attack or left on Pe out the pos 1 Harbor did not : messages d der General Miles, vestigation of -Pearl Tarbor No Intercepted Me. This showed Kroner testified on September 13, 1944, that in prepar- estimates of the world military tion he did not have the bene- (it of intercepted Japanese mes _ He said an estimate which he and Col Thomas J. Beits prepared on Nov. 29, 1841, cont ed no mention of a possible att n Pearl Har- Kr From my pjoint of view, I Japan’s potential capability t Pear] Harbor was left from n 29 degrees estimate - because neither Col. cloudy with snow nor I had any information ‘Thursday. Mhich would lead us to believe that o e 0 e e e at a previous in- age Morning In June minimur aximum, 39; dort-—Maximum, 36 um, 26. ATHER FORECAST feel Juneau and Vieinity) temp. tonight flurries . 3 VIENNA FASHIONS_New fashions are displayed by Austrian designers at a style show in Vienna. Left is an Austrian @ dirndl in printed cotton. Designed for morning shopping or garden “ wear, the print has scenes of the Austrian countryside in red and < green on a biue background. At right is a woolen jumper with . long-ticeved checked biocuse. planned t e that he conclusion 1 Pearl sibility Short have the “be- c : Voluhieer Sysfim Propo;gq ior Army WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—A nine- point program calling for speedy de- mobilization of the army was sub- mitted today by the Senate Military Affairs subcommittee which investi- gated the matter after recent pro- demonsiraticns by soldiers. The real answe: to all complaints ° about demobilization is a quick re- to a voluntary army,” the sub- mmittee advised in a report sign- ed by Senator Edwin C. Johnson (D- Colo), It The Senators said that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Army Chief f Staff, favors the volunteer system and they added in the report: “It can be done. It must be done. An impressed army in peacetime is not sound and will not work.” (harge fia;!; lrfiy Trucks Won't Cross Meat Picket Lines WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Chair- man May (D-Ky) today ordered an |immediate House Military Commit- tee investigation of charges that army truck drivers in the Third Ser- vice Command have been ordered not to cross meat strikers’' picket lines without Union approval. May said he had instructed H. Ralph Burton, committee counsel, to obtain all army data on the charge and will have it ready for committee study Friday morning. - - RUNNING ON AIR DULUTH, Minn., Jan. 23.—Filling ctation operators who fear the atom age got a word of encourage- ,ment from Prof. E. H. Schrieber of the Superior, Wis,, State Teachers ! College. Said Prof. Schrieber in an ad- dress: “While a hunk of usanium “the size of a fist will run an auto 24 hours a day for 40 years, motor- ists will need filling station opera- tors to get air for their tires.” Pioneer V.l’o;nal; Is Dead il_Kekhikan KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan. 23— Tuneral services will be held Fri- ay for Mrs. A. L. Spaeth, 74, who died at a hospital after a long ill- ness. She had lived here 35 years. Five children including Mrs. Perie Hughes, Fairbanks, survive. seseesescsesceec e ts to be found * | IP SEATTLE—Resolutions o sup- [ port wage strikes of National CIO- Unions, seeking the recall of Am- erican troops from China and es- tablishment of a permanent Coast |Guard Base at Sitka, Alaska, were | adopted today by delegates to the annual convention of the Interna- | tional Fishermen and Allied Work- ers of America. The five-day con- | vention began yesterday. | SHANGHAI—John W. Middleton has been named to head a five- jman military commission to try | bersons accused of War Crimes against Americans in China. Mid- ,dleton is from Ch Chase, Mary- {land. The first case will get under way tomorrow. Eighteen Japanese | charged with the Hankow torture ! parade and cremation of three Am- {erican fliers in December, 1944, will be arraigned MIAMI, Florida — The Amer )] Federation of Labor's Executive Council today backed President | ‘Truman'’s request for the extension of price controls until June, 1947. The Council called the extension a “necessary evil” and said that in ordinary times it would oppose such a moye. WASHINGTON—President Tru- man today nominated Secretary of | the Treasury Fred Vinson to be | United States Governor of the In- ternational Monetary Fund and of the International Bank for Recon- struction and Development. Vinson would serve a five year term. Government has ordered Berlin's 1amous Tiergarten converted into' a vast potato patch. The big cen- tral park lies in the British occu- pation zone. It's oaks, centuries old, have been cut for fuel. OTTAWA—War supplies valued at $1,100,000,000 Were manufactured in Canada for the United States, Canadian officials disclosed today. Major items included 5,096 aircraft, 43 naval ships, 90 merchant ships, 4,223 army guns, 78,357 gun barrels and forgings, and 7439 armored vehicles. MANILA—The reguiar wing of the Nacionalista Party has nom- inated President Sergio Osmena to succeed himself as the Philippines Chief Exxecutive at the April 23rd election. The Liberal Wing of the party has nominated Manuel Roxas as its presidential candidate. He now President of the Senate Roxas split recently with Osmena after years of political friendship. LONDON — King George the Sixth has bestowed the title of Baron upon Great Britain's Am- bassador to Moscow. The honor was received by Sir Archibald Clark Kerr. The titled Ambassador | has been mentioned as a possible successor to Lord Halifax as Am- bassador to the United States. WASHINGTON —A $4,931,142,415 allotment for the Veterans Admin- istration boosted to $5,594,146,286 today the first regular appropria- tion bill received by Congress since war’s end. It will finance various independent agencies of the Gov- ernment for the fiscal year start- !,mg next July 2. chairman, and Briggs (D-Mo) | and Revercomb (R-W Va) ) ATHENS—Army officials declared today that martial law would con- |tinue in the Kalamata region of | southern Greece despite the release of nearly 100 hostages by a band 'of right wing insurgents holed un1 |in a mountain village. British Col. | Max Noble, who negouated witi | | the rebel leaders for release of the | | hostages. sald no concessions were made NAPLES—Ten persons were re- ported killed and 300 injured when 15 carloads of ammunition explod- | led in Torre Annunziata, a town of | | 40,000 population 20 miles south of | {here. Most of the casualties wer2 { civilians whose homes were wrecked by the blast. | LONDON—Argentina said she is ready to join UNRRA and had al-| ready contributed one per cent of | her National income in foodstuffs and other goods to the relief of 'war ravaged countries. Argentina iis one of five United Nations not |in UNRRA. | BERLIN—Secretary of War Pat-| terson has arrived in Berlin on his world tour. Gen. Joseph T. Mc- Narney, Commander of U. 8. Forc- es in Europe, and Lt. Gen. Lucius Clay, Deputy Military Governor, met him at the Tempelhof Air- drome. LONDON — The British Parlia- ment has re-assembled after a Christmas recess. The session is ex- pected to produce the first major clash over the British labor gov- ernment’s natignalization program, particularly over a bill placing coal mines under government control. | SHANGHAI—A ship taking home 4,279 Japanese nationals has struck | a2 mine off the mouth of the{ | Yangtze River and is sinking. The | ; United States Navy cargo ship Bre- | ivard has radioed that it is standing | by and taking off the passengers | and crew of the Japanese ship. | e | i J. J. ATKINSON HERE : J. J. Atkinson, of Kodiak, has.ar- jrived in Juneau and is a guest at ; the Baranof, » BULLETINS/STREICHER IS SE | STRICKEN BY FOR PIONEER HEART ATTACK NUERNBERG, Jan Streicher, one of the defendants in the Nuernber suffered a heart attack during the noon recess today and was put to bed An official statement from Palace of Justice military authorities said it was too early to determine whether the notorius ter's heart at- tack was due 1 organic condi- tion or to mental strain he had been 23. Julius undet The official statement said he had symptoms suggestive of p smel tachweardia (convulsive 'and rapid heart action) which persisted about 15 minutes, replaced by an irregu- lar heartbeat.” The bull-necked Streicher second of the 22 defendants to break in health ce the start of Nuernberg trials E Kailen- brunner has been ho: alized during most of the trial of ¢ranial hemorrhages. - ALASKA HIGHWAY PLANS SHAPE UP SEATTLE, 23 The Post- Intelligencer’s : corr pondent wrote today that State De partment officials hold key early construction of a Pacific Coas hway to Alaska For weeks they have been quietly sitting on a plan to speed the pro- ject, although the plan is under- stood to meet with White House ap- proval, he said The plan is that the State De- partment dispense with diplomatic formalities, appoint two or three in- formed Americans to a U. S.-Canada highway fact-finding committee and then follow through on the latter recommendations. Estimated to cost $18,000,000, proposed Coastal route would be lo- cated between Prince George, B and Whitehorse, Y. T. - is Canada’s la the Vancouver Pacific seaport E.Hamilton Lee UNITED AIR LINES he nea to ¢ the 1 United Air Lines pi WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1946 Oldfimer from Interior Dis- appears on Way fo Home at Sitka One of Alaska’s pioneer residents rted “missing” in Juneau. William Alexander Oliver, 70, of Nome and Fairbanks, has not been een since shortly after he stepped off a F pl here last Satur- Oliver had arrived from Fair- banks on his way to the Pioneers Home at He is thought to have been without funds except for $10 turned over to him for 2xpenses when he left Fairbanks. day i after arriving in Ju- Oliver registered in at the Hotel Juneau. Shortly after being <hown to his room, he came down to » desk again and inquired for di- ractions n eating place of hotel operator Clarence Wise. That is the 1 his being s ned to u to Search tor Mr. Luver has been in- stituted thi ty Police and on a City-wide basis by H. R. Van- Director, Mr. Oliver was a memker of Nome’s Anvil Lodge, F, and A. M. Vanderleest first be d when Oliver did not appear secure transpe Mr. Oliver is descr » feet, nine inchi tall; weight ; fairly light complexion; ., sharp-featured face: quick walking and stooped; grey hair worn long and ggy. The elderly miss- ing man was last seen d Filson's outdoor clothing f cap, trousers and j material i trousers were worn ucked into the tops of leather shoe- consi: said to be Oliver is a Scme of his an outer coat, wer bind in his hotel room iis afternoon the a notified that Oliver was lay, walking toward Doug- very absent- man of sober sions, in- left be- minded, se: In 30 years of flying, United Air Lines’ Captain E. Hamilton Lee has flown a distance equal to 160 trips around the earth. 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