The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 18, 1946, Page 1

AILY ALASKA EMPIRE 2] “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,274 NATIONWI LATER BAR: CLOSING IS CONSIDERED Council Thinks Over Extra Hour Asked by Liquor ‘Though re-affirming the stand taken by its two immediate prede-' cessors, against increasing the number of liquor establishments in this city, Juneau's city administra- tion last evening did express sen- timent in favor of relaxing closing hours on sales of spirits. A group of pending appiications JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1946 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS proved the transfer of the place of (business of the Capitol Cocktail har;F D R to 250 South Franklin street and| okeyed the transfer of the relail‘ license held by Beebe and DuBOiS‘ Bv NIppoNs at 365 South Franklin to partner Lawrence DuBois alone. 1 | Other action taken by the Coun-i ET | American Troops Ordered Alerted as Mass Dem- | onstrations Near | cil at last night's last regular meet- ing this month included approvali of a new city salary schedule; ac-| May the | | ceptance of the lonely application | lof Joseph Shofner, school music| |director, for the summertime post ‘of playground supervisor; purchase jof a new Adams street grader; ac-| ceptance of the city audit and the| adoption of the new school budget.| ‘The grader to pe purchased, but| |on which delivery cannot be expect- | ied until fall, carries a $6,983.50 | TOKYO, 18. — American | in Tokyo-Yokohama SETBACK FOR UNITED FIGHT UPON FAMINE Soviet Pleads Previous! Commitments in Turning ' Down Truman Appeal WASHINGTON, May 18.-—-Anglo- American hopes of enlisting Russia | DE RAILROAD STRIKE NEARS MEMORIAL MASS " HEREMONDAY T0 - "BISHOP CRIMONT SCHOOL BUDGET IS HELD CLOSE | 10 1946 COSTS Territory WilTCarry Most! of Load of Salary Increases The 1946-47 budget for Juneau Public Schools won unanimous ap-| proval of the City Council, wnh; but little question, at last night's meeting. The new budget shows an increased cost to the city of about SECY. STATE BYRNES BACK FROM PARIS (Wil Inform President of UNION HEADS 'WON'T ALTER ' STRIKE CALL Complete_l;aralysis of Country’s Economy Threatened Monday forenoon services here commemorating the first annivers- y of the death of beloved Bishop |of Alaska J. R. Crimont were an- nounced today by the Rev. Louls Fink. At 8 o'clock a. m. Monday, a mem- ! | orial Mass will be said at the Church | Results of Foreign Mini- ’ 1ol e Nativity, followed by a second sters’ Conference | mmemoriai service a: the Shrine of | WASHINGTON, May 18.—Secre- "SL Terese to be held at 9 o'clock. tary of State Byrnes returned from, Development of Shrine Island was | the Paris Foreign Minjsters con- a principal project of the late Bishop. | | BULLETIN—Cleveland, May 18— |price tag, F. O. B. Seattle. No new ‘*o°PS graders are available from war sur- plus, the Mayor remarked. { Parking Limits i |arca today were placed under alert orders as organizers of a mass demonstration claimed that tens of | thousands would gather at the Tm- Reporting for the Streets Com-!perial Palace gates tomorrow de- President Truman for Soviet par- for new liquor licenses was dealt mittee, Councilman Larsen disap-|manding more food. with at one swoop when Mayor Eproved a proposal that parking on | Waino Hendrickson voted a split South Fourth street in front of the|for Yokohama. Council on record for holding the Federal Building be prohibited. He| limit Ppresent on cilmen Henry Sully, R. H. Williams, and Ed Nielsen were lined up in approve any additional new license applications. George voted against the motion, putting the decision up on the Mayor. A bit later in the evening, how-| ever, a majority of the Council seemed set to soften the decision as far as new restaurant beer and wine Lean rose to ask for a redistribution, permits are concerned. After Nielsen’s motion to hold the line had carried, the Council turn- ed its attention to a petition from the liquor dealers’ association, ask- ing that the closing hours for bars and package stores be extended one hour on week-day nights until 1 o'clock a. m. with closure on Sat- urday nights and nights preceding Holidays to remain at 2 o'clock a. m. The dealers also reguested lee- way to sell right up to the closing minute, with an added half-hour, in which the clear their places. First answering motion to that came from Nielsen. He proposed a 2 o'clock a. m. closing through the week with Sundays closed all day, but failed to gain a second. . Councilman Suiiy that the new hours sought by the liquor dealers be embodied in a new ordinance to be acted upon by the Council at the next regular meet- ing, with the modifications that sales be permitted up until clos- ing time but no consumption be allowed after 15 minutes beyond the closing hour. Larsen seconded the motion, but so much confusion de- veloped that it was withdrawn and| the question was turned over to the! Police Committee with instructions| to prepare a new liquor-regulating| ordinance along the lines suggested. ‘The Council was about to turn to other business when it was con- fronted with the application of G. R. Churchill for a restaurant-type license to serve beer and wine in his barbecue place in the Winter and Pond Building. That evoked a new line of thought — that restaur- ant licenses should be considered in a different category from hard- liquor permits and, with only three of them in Juneau now, that more restaurant licenses might not hurt. The Churchill application was re- ferred to the Police Committee. Still on liquor, the Council ap- The Washington Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON——The threaten- ed railroad strike illustrates how labor politics can turn just as many somersaults as anything else on the Washington merry-go- round. For instance, the two rail broth- erhood chiefs who called the strike, A. F. Whitney of the Trainmen and Alvaney Johnston of the Loco- motive Engineers, complete somersault compared with two years ago. Then they were all lovey-dovey with the Government, took the initiative in arbitrating a strike, whereas the other three brotherhoods wouldn’t. But greatest somersault is by one Harry 8. Truman. Two years ago, Harry Truman was whipping the brotherhocds toward wage increas- es. Now the same Harry Truman is trying to hold the whiphand over a rail strike, At that time—the end of 1943— Senator Truman had introduced a resolution providing an 8-cents-an hour increase for railroad workers. (Continued on Page Four) |should be effective. He also was against eliminating parking |time limit reduction there to 10 Jorgenson, or 15 minutes. He suggested also| James Larsen and Stan Grummett|that 10-minute parking ke put into| effect on “E” street between Ninth land Tenth streets. | In the closing minutes of the !meeting, insurance man Joe Mc- 1of the placing of the city's minor {insurance policies which, he sai |aggregate quite an amount of busi- ness. Also, he suggested that the| |newly-purchased A. B. Hall is not | iadequately covered. | The Mayor and most of the Coun- icil seemed in accord with McLean's | request and it was decided to em-| {power the Finance Committee to! on| favor of Nielsen’s motion « not wiThh-d street, but recommended al Americans, as is their policy, will establishments 'urged that full enforcement of the not interfere, but will be prepared |to get Moscow to reconsider purveying potent beverages. Coun- present 10-minute parking thex’c§t0 protect U. S. property and xivesiflltil“de toward the world fo if trouble develcps. Meantime, Premier Shigeru Yo- shuda floundered through another day in a vain attempt to form a cabinet. Several of his choices were reported to have declined positions. | The Diet continued in recess, | awaiting completon of the cabinet. {It still was puzzled as to the status of Takekichi Miki, elected Speaker of the House of Representatives but now considered a possible purge on the basis of his ultra-National- istic and political record. - NHOLDS UNIO A second gathering was planned‘ in a united fight on world famine $1,100 over last year. received a fresh setback today from| In presenting the school finan- the report that Generalissimo Stalin (¢ial picture, Superintendent A. B. had turned down an appeal from 'Phillips pointed out that the small| ladded cost to the city despite a ticipation. |hoisted salary schedule is due to Mr. Truman was not content witt» the revision of the Territorial law, according to unofficial inerehsing the refund of operating | reports, and apparently still hopes |C08ts from 70 percent to 75 percent its aloof |&nd making that increased per- od prob- | centage applicable to the full sal- {ary paid teachers rather than to SR : the minimum wage only. However, Sovlet commentator Pelz| The total budget is $159.047, of ar Griy dec.ared i & MOSSOW. TASOTSIICh the iNgs! share. 8 981~ broadcast today Russia had pledged oy Kopemenc more than 1,100,000 tons of "’“"“‘»?:;c?::zdg};fi?m??;:;g&mfi ‘and corn lo‘Fil?land. Fruxlc?. l-“uha.ndv‘u“:mv of which Juneau pays land Romania since the surrender of 1$90,680. Expenses of operating the | Germany. 5 |school plant are put at $17,895, | Russia’'s own food supplies are! ., | Py 2 jcity’s share $4,548.75. ! 'still limited,” Orlov said. ! Biggest boost in cost to the city . A joint Unitea States - British comes under the heading of main- | communique issued here last night | tenance, to which the Territory does reported that a 3400,000-ton graininet contribute. Renovation of the deficit was now likely in the May- heating system is expected to total |the reply, lem. | | ference today and announced that/ he would report to the nation Monday night. Byrnes' plane landed at the Na- tional airport at 10:35 a.m. He went directly to the State Depart- ment, saying he planned to let President Truman know immed- iately of his arrival. Otherwise, the Secretary, had left for the Paris conference with relatively small hope of success rin writing European peace treaies, hagl nothing“to say on the outcome ;of the meeting which many diplo- 'mats termed an almost complete failure. Byrnes was accompanied home by his principal advisers: Chairman Connally (D-Tex.) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Vandenberg (R-Mich.). The Secretary is slated to return to Paris by June 15 for resumption of the sessions in an attempt again to write peace treaties for Europe. ' who' | Postponement of the railroad strike tfor five days has been announced then moved {meet with the various agents next | |Monday evening and determine a' ] | | | ! | new division of the insurance busi- ness. COASTAL AIRLINES | | { SEATTLE, May 18—The Alaska ' '“, oul “sIERDAY}mshemen's Unign today had re-! TR {affirmed its stand not to send any Alaska Coastal Airlines flew the {men into Bristol Bay pending agree- | | following vesterday: to Pelican— ment on a contract affecting resi- | \Norman De Roux, P. Cabansay, P.|dent fishermen in Alaska’s Cook | ‘»A.nchm, W. Funtanilla, C. Eugenio, | Inlet district. A spokesman said an | | L. Buted, Anne Breseman, H. Lo- | agreement was believed near. | fgasca, B. Halobor, C, Blanca, N. ‘The union also asked its members | Cabansay, A. Corpuy, F. Eugenio; Qwork.mg on traps and elsewhere, ' September period efforts to meet re- | quirements of needy nations. | Former President Hoover, speak- | |ing in Chicago last night, described | the present picture as the “grimmest | spectre of famine in all the history 300,000,000. BRISTOL B Av {of the world.” He said it threatened | Woodcock Is Knocked Ouf In5thRound NEW YORK, May 18.—The lat- est invading British heavyweight |of the sums set up for building re- Mcnday from William Jewell Col- lege at Liberty, Mo. ‘The President’s plans were ma: known to reporters by Charles G. $5,000. Expenditure of a large part Ccnnally told newsmen that Byrnes had played “a distinguished | jpart” in the conference and added “While it did not accomplish all Ross, Press Secretary. that we had hoped for, it made| The trip tomorrow will take be- substantial achievements which I'tween four and five hours and the e pairs depends on availability of ma- terials, Phillips stated. H Contemplated remodeling of the grade school auditorium, estimated at $4,000, is not included jn the - ’ by the President of the Brother- hood of railroad Trainmen. The | announcement came unexepectédly ‘l’mm A. F. Whitney late this af- | ! (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) ; Time Legan running out swiftly |teday on the 4 p. m. (local Stan- dard Time) nationwide railroad is:rlke deadline without promise | i:rovrn 22?300‘]"‘:.-‘%" that th: coun- | WASHINGTON, Muy id—Presi-i'T¥'s 359, sinmen and Engin- M ulreioddod et Bolllnslcts would heed President Truman's |Army Air Fleld here at 1:30 p, m,|P*°8 {0 stay on the job. tomorrow {0 gy hotne to. Missouri | A. F. Whitney, President of the for ks CaTTIRR neky. IErmhexhood of Railroad Trainmen, He originally had plahned to and Alvanley Johnston, head of the lonye tollky: it the’ ooul and rnu_.Locomouve Engineers, arrived in Fond crisis ounasd & | Sikigh in | Cleveland from Washington confer- Siknd: jences with President Truman and Mr. Truman will visit his mozher,}’e“c";;";r’:kg"“'m on today’s pro- and receive a honorary law degree | In New York, Thomes J. Harkins, {representative of the Eastern Diyis- lion of the Brotherhood of Lecemo- ,tive Engineers, said the strike “is ,on” and that “any hope of averting ‘it ended when the union leadeis }enquhmlton to return to Cleve- and.” have turned a| to Skagway — Brooks Hanford, H. Bloomquist; from Skagway — H. ;Bluomquist; from Petersburg—V. L. | Jones, Mrs. Swartz; to Tulsequah, B. C.—Mrs. Florence McPherson, F. McPherson, D. Sykes; to Hoonah— Mrs. E. Ketah; to Sitka—S. D. Swanberg, E. Adams; to Ketchikan | —H. C. Smith. 20 PASSENGERS ON | ALASKA AIRLINER OUTTO WESTWARD| Arriving here yesterday from An- chorage on the Alaska Airlines’ Star- liner Nome with Capt. Larry Fla- hart, First Officer Ed Courtemanche, and Stewardess Marjorie Stevens, were: Bonnie Erickson, John Her- stad, F. A. Yurg, H. Stainker, George Leighton, J. S: Rood; from Yakutat —Lt. Russell. Outgoing passengers were: to Gus- tavus—Charles Parker; to Cordova— Joe Most; to Anchorage—A. F. Wil- liams, Lois Gillette, Virginia Rath- ert, Leroy Issacson, Marjorie Greeii, M. A. Bragga, Albert KEgerberg, George H. Moore, Keith Vermilyn, Robert 8. Burchard, Fred Wyerman, N. 8. Rockness, J. D. Cooper, J. C. Mead, Louis Banta, Bob Stockdahl, L. C. Peters, Bob Steinacher. E. L. GRUBER PASSES AWAY, SEATTLE HOSP. Evans L. Gruber, for years assist- ant Electrical Foreman with the Alaska Juneau, passed away yester- day in a Seattle hospital, according to advices received by the Masonic Lodge in Juneau. Gruber went south about two years ago for treat- ment. Gruber was born in Missouri, Feb- ruary 11, 1892. He was a member of the Mt. Juneau Lodge, No. 147, of which he was a Past Master, and a member of OES No. 7, of which he was a Past Patron. Survivors are his widow and three daughters, ‘Elinor, Verna May and Vivian. Funeral services will be Iield in Seattle tomorrow. {under the so-called master agree- champion, willing Bruce Woodcock, /ment with the Alaska Canned Sal- | wound up his debut in the accept- i mon Industry, to respect picket lines | ed fashion here—which is some- iin the Cook Inlet work stoppage. | what horizontal—but for the first am sure will be helpful to the |Picsident’s plane will land at the meeting in Jyne.” | Fairfax Airport at Kansas City, 'Kansas, across the river from Kan» iquit operating trains at 4 p. m. to- e AKERVICKNEW ™" i’ | day in each Standard Time zone. UNION 0". (o | HRE I“ pOR'"'AND {They told newsmen in Washington, » | “nfter Mr. Truman signed the orcer 5 ‘ ; the railroads, that they JUNEAU (HIEF PORTLAND, Ore.,” May 18 en: | seizing —Doz- |Would not order their men to work s of sleeping occupants R. M. Livingsion, Alaska Man- ,yicuated safely from a blaze which today, they said they belleved they +ager for the Union Oil Company, were for the government. In Cleveland roared through the Mayflower Ho- Were not permitted to talk about |today unnounced two personnel ad- ) sarly today and injured 11 fire- the strike, because of provisions of {vancements affecting the Company’s men. the Smith-Connally strike law. {operations here. g | The fire, starting In the basement| Both opined earlier that because | K. G. Merritt, who has held the b of the three-story structure, ate the strike call was issued before post of Union Oil Reéident Mana- {pyough the ground floor shops, the roads were seized, they would \ger in Juneau for the past nine gestroyed hotel rooms and left only not be in violation of the Smith- LOG SIRIK ,years, is moving up to the position ; jeq brick shell after several hours' Connally Act if they simply failed of Area Representative at Anchor- paitie jto take any further action an the VANCOUVER, B. C, May 18— a0 Merritt is to be succeeded budget; however, the Council gave sor . gonsideration to writing it in. If-it is decided that materials need- | ed are obtainable, that amount' may be included in the regular City Budget, as the full amount is a city expense anyway. MOVE SEEN Quit Orders Given Whitney anid Johgafen have given - o orders to thelr Unlion members to | | H | e ——————— NOTHING NEW. COAL DISPUTE WASHINGTON, May 18.—Charles G. Ross, Presidential Press Secre- tary said he anticipated no White House deveiopments today in the deadlocked coal contract dispute. There is nothing new in the sfi- uation, Ross told reporters. There was no hint of any new Presiden- tial move tomorrow either. Ross announced Mr. Truman's plans to fly to Missouri tomorrow afternoon on an overnight trip. the soft coal operators or John L. Lewis and his United Mine Work- ers of a weekend change in the picture. GOVERNOR SNELL IS RENOMINATED, OREGON PRIMARY PORTLANL, Oregon, May 18.— Governor Earl Snell, outclassing 1 5 to 1 margin, swept into the zon’s primary election, incomplete returns showed today. gressional contests in yesterday’s primary showed Lew Wallace, Dem- cratic ational Committeeman, a nearly 3 to 1 victor over Charles ‘T. McPherson, retired minister, for the Democratic nomination in the Third District (Multnomah Coun- ty.) Former state Sen. Lyman Ross, Aloha farmer and realtor, was leading Rufus Wood, Clackamas Ccunty auditor, by a 5 to 4 mar- sin for the Democratic nomination in the First District. FORESEEN IN {time the bash boulevardiers in ithese parts wanted one of the in-' | vaders to come back and try again. | Bruce headed back home today lafter his fifth-round knockout at 1the hands of Tami Mauriello, the | Bronx fat boy, in Madison Square Garden last night before 13,479 cus- tomers who contributed to a $98,590 gate. A fast, sudden right cross late British Columbia Labor Minister pere py R. M. Akervich, who also George S. Pearson is quoted today jgg g nine-year Juneau record with by the News-Herald as saying he the company. Miss c. M(A“S'er was “satisfied that some move will 1n apnouncing the ch:mv,’es. Mr.| be made in the next two or three|yjyingston commended the work of Be(omes Bride of George Gullufsen days to end the strike” by 37.000 poth men. Bob Akervich, he said,’ loggers which has threatened the has a “splendid” record with the Province’s rich newsprint industry. company and is “deserving of the Mills producing newsprint for promotion.” many United States newspapers In his new post, Mr, Morritt will reportedly had only a three-week’s have vastly widened responsibility, Before a lovely setting of bou- {in the fifth heat did the trick for the only knockdown of the fight, all the more surprising since up to that point the Doncaster Dynamit- er had been touching Tami up quite liberally, to the apparent dis- pleasure of the meaty Mauriello and the consternation of the char- itable betting gentlemen who had installed the Tubby uptown thump- er as a 1 to 6 favorite. | | i supply of logs on hand when the as he will be in charge ol an arca N ers, earnations loggers struck Wednesday in a extending from the Aleutian Island ::s‘s";;; s%:;‘fie: e:;, r;mc cmdeoln- wage dispute. chain to Point Barrow. Merriil oo Mies Caroline Ann MeAlister, The loggers, represented by the has won a position of high re- da,u?‘hlcr of Mrs. James K, Me- International Woodworkers of Am- spect during his time in Juncau, A"s,’er_ and George McConnell Gul- erica (CIO-CCL) originally sought being especially prominent in the ;.cc. con of Mr. and Mrs. George I strike. To Obey Strike Call The two apparently still had con- siderable—if not almost complcte icontrol over the functions of their |members. Only a very few local union lcaders would comment on their plans. These men said Lhey iwere determined to carry ou! fhe !strikfl call, unless It is rescinded by ‘the national union chiefs. A complete paralycis (country’s economy threateved i the istrike becomes effective ivine up 227335 miles of trackage, and cer- 'tain to be feit by ail ferms of busi- 'ness and industry. The last countrywide for - the reilroad lan hourly inerease in pay of 25, activities of the Juneau Chamber o .y.feen were cents, after offering to settle foriof Commerce, holding a director- 18 cents. Management's latest offer 'ship in that organization was a boost of $1 per day. Mr. Merritt was to leave today A TN 35 PASSENGERS AR ers. for his new Anchorage headguart- , There was no indication from | PNA FLIES WEST | FLOWNBY PAAFRIDAY | | IN Two SE(TIONS | flew the following passengers to and | from Seattle, Whitehorse and Fair- | Pan American Alrways yesterday | Pacific Northern Airlines yester- day flew two sections to and from | Anchorage, to Naknek, Yakutat and Kodiak. | Flying with Captain Robert Des Maris, First Officer Frank Mullen banks. Leaving for Seattle were: Patrick Gilmore, Eugene Chase, Harold Johnson, Alma Graber, Bennie Erickson, John Harstad, Mack Led- } Peratrovich, brother and sister of ¢, Gigsberg as best man. Elera Martin, Olin Swain, rew, {ROY PERATROVICH, JR. HAS BIRTHDAY PARTY Roy Peratrovich, Jr, one of The ire’s newshoys, celebrated his {twelfth birthday at a wonderful party last night in his parents’ home. In addition to Pranky and Loretta the host, the following guests were present: united in MArTiage |yqieout was in 1922 ,ina 9 o'clock Nuptial Mass ton-| pregiqent Truman. after ordering ducted by the Rev. Louis FInk, 8. 3. seipure of the cartiers and placing in t!2 Church of the Nativity, this!ipesr operation under control of the ning. joffice of Defense Transportation, e bride chose an aqua Wooliapnejeq directly to the workers dressmoker suit for her wedding .y, cqoperate with the government costume, with accessories in a con- by remaining on the job.” trasting sbade of pink. Her ¢or-{ opp pirector J, Monroe Johnson sage was pink roses and Whitelyreeq chiefs of the two wnions tc camations. irecall their strike notice. He as- Mrs. Gus Gissberg, matron-of-|serieq that §f the 250,000 employees honor, wore a dusty pink sult Withijeaye their jobs “there will be harmonizing accessories, and had 8lyery perilous time in transporta- |corsage of deep pink and white| The ODT, he added, would Ition.” rcses and carnations. |continue to keep the trains oper- The groom was attended by Mriiaiing put at a “very much reduced i rate.” a ODT ISSUES CALL Pollowing tke church services, and Stewardess June Rees to An- George Rothwell, Charles Schalka; chorage were: William Ness, Melvin | from Seattle — Amos McLaughlin, ! Lovas, Richard Barner; to Yakutat|Katherine - Whittingham, William —M\Ms. M. Pavlik and child; to Nak- Sievers, Elois Nevins, John Nevins, ) nek—A. McLaughlin, F. Thesenvitz, Gus Olson, Grace Whittingham, Ger- I. Hatfield, I. Lovick, T. O'Leary, A. |trude St. Hilaire, Donna Short, Al- Mary Pinkley, Yvonue charming wedding breakfast in the| Swanson, Arliss Likins, Beta Claus- paranof’s Gold Room was enjoy-, WASHINGTON, May 18.—The son, Agnes Hared, Donna Lee Gould, |¢q by the bridal party, relatives Office of Defense Transportation, George Graves, Freddie Stewart, ang intimate friends. Attending faced with & railroad strike set for Raymond Roberts, Vincent Istrues, the breakfast, in addition to the 4 p. m. today, asked the Army and Stephen Johnson, Elton Engstrom pride and groom and their attend-|all non-rafl transportation svstem: Henry Black, Portland painter, by | Republican renomination in Ore-! Reports on the only two Con:! Elmer, J. Campbell, B. Marlow, M. | Johnson, F. Drabéck, A. James, W.| iJackle. E. Hvalsce, Jack Perran, A./ Valdason. { Arriving here from Anchorage with Captain Maury Keating, First 'ardess Alicia Lane, were: Mack Le Drew, Elsa Martin, Olin Swain; to | Anchorage—Oscar Olson, Ethel Ol- son, George Jenderson, E. A. Pope, | {E. B. Pope, Donna Short, Gertrude | St. Seliar, Dr. J. F. Martin, M.| Beecher, John Suryan, Joe Suryan, | Hazel Tuller, Carol Tuller, Mamic Perry, Mrs, R. Beecher, Eileen Tul- ler, Gus Olson, Alvera Bristowe; to Yakutat—Col. Frank, M. Kretzengen; to Kodiak—Chris Anderson. bert Fagerberg, George Moore, Le- roy Isaacson, Emily Pope, Edward Pope, Margaret Green. Inccming passengers from White- horse were: Richard Barner, Albert Chmilar, Norman Cuthbertson, Nell Bueckert. To Fairbanks — Erwin Rabeau, Robert Clifton; from Fairbanks— Thomas Linseth, Peter Haslin. e TOKYO—The population of Ja- pan is 73,110,995, on the basis of a census® just completed by the gov- ernment. (Japan’s pre-war popula- tion was reported as 72,875,800). and Billy Orme. PR i MOSCOW—World grain estimates were revised sharply downward to- day following a report by Marshall MacDuffie, American Chief of the ‘O!tl.eer Richard Knight and Stew- | McCord; to Whitehorse — John |UNRRA Mission to the Ukrainian Republic, that a prolonged drought | threatened disaster to the grain crop of Ri ’s great bread basket. | AMSTERDAM—The Dutch Cab- |inet tendered its resignation to Queen Wilhelmina today as final returns showed Premier William | Bchermerhorn’s Socialist Party of | Labor ran second to the middle-of- |ants, were Mrs. McAlisted, Mr. and to prepare to step into the breach. |Mrs. George Gullufsen, Mr. and: Airlines, water carriers, truck and Mrs. Robert Prather, the Misses bus systems were asked to assume, Marilyn and Patricia McAlister, if necessary, what share they could Mrs. John Grove, the Misses Gloria of hauling the nation's freight and and Christine Gullufsen, Mr. and passengers. Mrs. Mario Sodini, Mr. and Mmi A union statement that “the W. J. Manthey, and Miss Rose- railroad strike is on” dampened al- |mary Doogan. . |ready faint hopes that the rail A reception honoring the young.transportation system of the coun- couple will be held this evening at try might be spared an immediate |9 o'clock at the home of the bride’s crippling. ; mother, 730 Gold Street, to which all! Director J. Monrce Johnson of |friends of the families and the ODT conferred with representatives |young Mr. and Mrs. Gullufsens are of nonh-rail groups, including the invited. * {Armed Forces, but the brief an- | After a brief honeymoon, the nouncement on the meeting carried The “figures listed 34,903,265 males the-road Catholic Party in Parlia- young couple will make their home no hint of the plans deised, if and 38,207,730 females. mentary elections yesterday. in the Lesher Apartments. any.