The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 24, 1946, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,279 N SEVERE BLOW INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE FORCE WILL BE STRONG Military Delegates of Five “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1946_ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Y PRICE TEN CENTS RECRUITER OF C(OASTGUARD | | HITN ‘ TION BY MOVEONTO |TRUMAN ASKS MATTURN CHIA( AVERT WEST FOR SESSION cmast o s DOCK STRIKE OF CONGRESS "In Principle” iSchwellenbach Calls Pre- President gz)—uks Tonight wankmvo, ey 2 —a weni He-Up Confab fo Sit | on Strike Crisis-Soldier e ents reureof| Next Wednesday Railroaders Maybe the government’s recapture of Changchun opened the way for re- ——— | B — sumption of peace negotiations but; WASHINGTON, May 24.~Sen‘e-; WASHINGTON, May 24.—Pres- a Communist spokesman countered tary of Labor Schwellenbach today ident Truman will speak to the na- “that complicates the situation.” |called a conference next Wednes-|tion on the strike crisis tonight at CHANGCHUN FALL Communisi—P_a_rIy Accepts RR. SIRIKE Sidelights; FOOD SUPPLY, R.R. Strike INDUSTRY IS York Central Railroad's 125th | street station was empty today ex- cept for ‘train announcers and por- ! |ters who whiled away the time| | shouting at each other: “All aboard.” Terrific Conditions Report- ed-Shutdowns Threat- ened in Production (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) The gueatest railroad strike in history struck a paralyzing blow to- | : NEW YORK, May 24.—There wns‘ one railroad operating in New York City today, but passenger' travel was barred. | In a toy shop window a minia- | ture electric train whizzed around unanimous agreement on all prob- lems of enforcing world security which they had discussed. Gen. Valin, who presides over the sessions of the military delegates from Russia, Great Britain, the United States, China and France, declared the closest harmony pre- ted States Coast Guard recruiting “Now we can begin to talk with|day to discuss the work stoppage! 10 p. m. (EST) and to Congress to- |representative, R. E. Sayre, CY, is |prepared to disseminate correct in- ‘formation and accept applications for enlistments of interested in- |dividuals possessing the following |requirements: Be between the ages {of 17 and 26, be at least 5 feet 4 the Communists,” regard?flpfloe scheduled for June 15 by West morrow at 4 p. m. in Manchuria, said the ‘lomin- |Coast Maritime workers and long-| Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex) an- tang (National Party) official, who{shoremen. Inounced to the House that Mr. demanded anonymity. ! Representatives of the maritime! Truman had notified him he want- Tung Pi-wu, a Nanking Cmrx-‘w. ship owners and the War ed Congress in session at 4 p. m.| i tomorrow. i Leaving Shipping Administration were in- munist leader, said the party's vited to the meeting to be held in| peace negotiator, Gen. Chou En-lal, an emergency White a track, uninterrupted. A sign reads: “No rail strike here. Trains here run for heurs.” WASHINGTON, May 24. — Just for the record: there are two rail- road strikes instead of one. day at the nation’s transportation, its industry and its food supply. The effects were almost instan- taneous. The Postoffice Department de- clared a mail embargo imiting ser- vice to local deliveries and to first class and air mail out of town House conference on the strike sit-; On July 1, 1922, 400,000 railroad | linches in height with weight in/had delivered to General Marshall|the Labor Department in Wash- | Communist chairman Mao Tse-|ington. uation, Secretary of War Patter- items. A weight lnitedien, of 16 - 1945 1S PUT i Big Nations Are in s , . i 2 Swanson OpensTestimony | Close Harmony | Chief Sayre fo Accept Ap- . o . for Alaska Ship Oper- | wew vonx sy 20— cen! plications for Enlisiments H | Martial Valin of the French air-| e . alors at Hearing |Moeee brecionc ot the omea na.| —Qualifications for C6 i tions Military Staff Committee, | WASHINGTON, May 24.—The|said today the members of the| Arriving in Juneau yesterday on' contention that the Alaska Trans-| Committee designed to become a the final lap oi a recruitment trtp§ portation Company would have re-}general staff of the world, were in}thmughuut the Territory, the Uni- quired a 674 percent rate increase to meot expenses if it operated its fleet to Alaska during 1945 was glv-‘ en to the Maritime Commission's rate hearing today. S. J. Swanson, vice president and general manager of the line from Seatltle to Alaska, said the total| ’revenue for 1945 if the route hadvailed in their efforts to establish been operated by the firm instead defense force of by the War Shipping Adminis- tration would have been $557,622 and the total expenses $856,224,| a deficit of $298,602. He testified wages increased 60| per cent since 1941, Overtime wns= up 95 percent, subsistence 31 1-2!essary to take action to prevent or |advantages to be gained, such §s|gaj-shek will do. percent, ‘supplies 55 percent, fuel| , oil 45 1-2 percent, while all other an international which would be so strong no na- tion would dare to go to war. Until now, he explained, discus- sions have centered on the com- mittee’s relations with the U. N. Secretariat in case it becomes nec- stop war. “Preliminary discussions are al- | proportion; and have two years of 'high school or its equivalent. [tung’s acceptance “in principle” of The field is unlimited at the|the minority Democratic League's present time for qualifying young|three-point truce proposal, but ad- In a statement, Schwellenbach son told reporters the Army may said the threatened stoppage would call back into uniform men who “serfously impair national and in- ran service railroads during the | shopmen quit their jobs. ounces was placed on first class They stayed out a long time,! (letter) mail and air mail. then began to drift back to mel Senator Byrd (D-Va) said after shops. !men, and the opportunity to make| 1quxck ratings has never been so| great, Sayre said. There are many| |free medical and dental care, gov-| | ernment-provided or allowed-for ternational trade channels with war. consequent repercussions upon our’ Army Not Called “Yet™ reegnversion program and the dis-| Patterson emphasized, however.? tribition of goods for the rehabili-|that this was a “possible” adding| tation of devastated areas.” |that the War Department has “no- | The strike was called by CIO thing to do with the picture as yet."| ded significantly: “The key is now in our hands. We shall see what President Chiang in the Tung's statement came midst of otherwise optimistic de- ‘The President also cancelled But, says the Association of Am- erican Railroads, they never got around to calling off the strike.; Officially, it still is on. NEW YORK, May 24—If you're |a White House call that President Truman was considering an ap- | peal to a joint session of Congress for additional authority to prevent further nationwide strikes. Farmers Hold Back Livestock receipts dropped off as ! {West Coast Longshoremen, Ware- expenses have gone up from 12 1-2/ " _1subsist«ence and quarters, 8 yearly! ojonments as th ¥ H o HeRAy nderwn, JEGAvL/T IR { Yopmats A eL SRRV T house and Martitime unions and plans to fly to Oklahoma City on, g i waiting for a train today, ponder'much to 71 1-2 percent. |“on the technical means of or- clothing allowance, the chance t0| purign situation reached a cli- b3 ;much as 60 peroent Ay a dosen ‘his: ! leading markets. Although most re- Swanson said the company hadicanizing a world army. Obviously |study toward completion of high| planned to sell two old ships whlch‘ he termed “old crocks,” the Taku and Tyee, and replace them with| new ships, which would cost $510,817 each. He said that after the mew ships are in service operating expense would be $1,176,367 and the estimat- ed total revenue $494,748, a net op- erating loss of $681,619. In addition, » he said, it would reguire $106419 for a fair return and taxes. Swanson forecast a freight ton- nage decrease of 4 percent in the next few years, compared to 19454:’ GHOST FLEET DENIED | WASHINGTON, May 24—An in-| crease of 100 percent in rates for| Alaska Steamship lines would add/ $10,000,000 to the annual freight cost of Alaska businesses and con-| sumers would have to pay, Donald J. O'Connor, Office of Price Ad-| . start of the 5-day- week -sehedule, school or college through U. S.| Armed Forces Institute, 20 percent| tween individual delegations.” ‘Z’;;': 1533.3 f‘:fl“;:‘:‘;‘ ;:::y'p:;‘:;z o luntil December 31, 1947, plus all| !the rights under the G. I. Bill at the | lend of an enlistment. Upon en-i |listment before July 1, 1046, all| |family allowances will be extended.! NEW YORK — The Stock Ex-'pro. irancportation to the enlist-| change will be closed tomorrow, the |ment center at Ketchikan will be| for the summer months. Hereafter | nfen having servéd &n'éfilistment there will be no Saturday Ex- /in the Navy or having had previous | change. {Coast Guard service also are givenz 5 | opportunity to re-enlist with possi-; WASHINGTON — " Ninety-three pjlity of obtaining rates previously | United States attorneys have been held, upon approval by Coast Guard ordered home for a three-dny:quuaners‘ | crime prevention conference. They‘\ Chief Sayre may be contacted at| have been ordered to get ready %0 .5y time at the Gastineau Hotel| prosecute any violations of Federal [ nti1 hig departure next Tuesday | laws in the strike emergency. |morning May 28. Here m(ormxuonf {will be given and applications for| these are kept closely secret and thus far have taken place only. be- | | | would affect waterfront workers Monday to address the governors’| along the entire West Coast. conference. | A fact-finding board recently' The President was closeted at the recommended a retroactive general time with top-ranking cabinet and SITUATION AS RESULT B Approves oF sTRIKE Nearly Million and One-| ! 1 ¢ Wage Boosis " Half Railroaders ldle Because of Walkout max. Chiang made a surprise flight to Mukden, possibly on a peace mis- sion, and Secretary-General Chi Yien-ming of the Communist Party (Wa@e increass of approximately 20 in Nanking flew to Shanghai to'Pereent for 16,000 longshoremen on discuss the Democratic Leazue‘s‘}h’ West Coast. The Board cal-| truce plan with League and Youth Culated this raised the basic hour- Party officials. |ly pay rate of $1.15 to $1.37 per| Tang said everything hinged on | RoUr: The union had asked $150| developments after the Generalis-|and employers had offered $1.33 simo_retirns from Mukden. {pesiliogr. {perd ‘ e ———— W /| LOCAL FISHERMAN CITED UPON ROLE IN YUKON RESCU Citation for the Army Commen-| dation Ribbon has been awarded by | { | Axactly 116 years ago today—on ceipts are delivered by truck, the May 24, 1830—passengers rode the packers sdid, farmers held back first railroad built in the United their offerings because of a pro- States for general transportation bable drop in prices due to lack of purposes. The line, bullt by~ the ' shipping facilities out of the pack- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was ing plants, opened between Baltimore and El- i lictt's Mills, Md. But—passengers needed a horse on that day too. The first train was horse-drawn. WESTERN SYSTEMS IN TIE-UP rtion of American Raflroads told ! reporters that out of approximate- ily 17,500 passenger trains which thormally operate daily only 50 :wel‘e running today. | In many instances they were run by emergency crews. Troop and milk trains were running but jno freights, He said ‘there Had been o- re- !Pcru of violence. | | | | | | ministration official, told the Mar-| NEW YORK—The Pennsylvania|enjjstment will be accepted. Subse-{Lt. Gen. Delos C. Emmons, Com-| stime Commission hearing yester- | Railroad is laying off 25 percent of quent information may b2 obtained imanding Alaskan Department, AUS, | iay, |its employees in the line's New py aadressing Recruiting Officer, to S-Sgt. Robert M. Nyman, it was O'Connor, Price-Executive for! YOrk division because of the rail Comdr. 17th C. G. District, Ketchi- disclosed here today. WASHINGTON, May 24—The Wige Stabilization Board yesterday approved increases not to exceed 18 1-2 cents an hour for tke ma- Jjority of 80,000 workers in the non- ferrous metal mining industry of the Rocky Mountain West and Alaska. For Minin g | T A | | ) | . { T ! (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) roo I ains ar n' i n_ Fact Fmdmg Board Recom- sere is the sirike sttuation at o P pm,:' it 6") et | EINSTOSS. SCOW - ments Pay Hlke, West |* on strike: 250,000 membess of the! Freight oH ,l):reda e DR ’ Y mm Brotherhoods of Locomotive En-| -rreights Ha "m m Tra L. Ewers, Counsel for thel oo =m0 [balibut fisherman as a member of Areas and Alaska gineers and Raflway Trainmen, with g Alaska Steamship Cempany, and‘ » rity !the crew of the vessel Defiance, Ples nearly all of the 1,200,000 members! 5 8 R S Albert E. Stephan, Counsel for the | call Naval reserve officers whose Iwihtah. $ daplaingd: by Bis fathiere] of 18 other rail unions made idle,] SAN FRANCISCO, May 24.—The| The Einstoss Company’s 110-foot L : w v i Pirst effects: First country-wlde'gr”' western railroads, serving the power scow, reconverted from a rail strike since 1922 threatens near far-flung cities of the Pacific government eraft and readicd for knockout blow to nation's mdu‘_lslope, had virtually ceased to op- fish packing 8t the Douglas Hoal try; acute food situation feared; crate today. Shop, today took ice and bait at millions left stranded; other mil- A few trains, manned by auper-;the Juneau Cold Storage Co. tended the company did not in-| The following order has been is- ka. His father returned to Juneau' lons in big cities confronted with :::wry el wots rtr:;'mx, butfl!orim’r‘hi' sco:l. llhppereq by Fred clude “ghost” ships in its compila- \sued by the Post Office Depart- late last year after two years of pr?blenlll OLI gemqg to w‘ur:](, ik fmbs part the strike was el ec-‘ur ;m.l ; m:!.;lee :::h Dr ;\n )}:: sted . laervi f i Negotiation wo rail union UV compan: tion of data to justify reque: ent and went into effect yester- Service on «civilian construction pro: Sebaidsnts formalin Ay Phestdsnt 4 Sl e e » { NUERNBERG—Gen. N. D. Zorya, | assistant to the Chief Soviet Prose- |cutor at the International War ™ were no n- lkout. Similar cuts are planned ! Territories and Possessions, gave his| V& u nned kan, Alaska. b tin cviaatatitiof littie. st estimate during _questioning by‘thrnughout the entire Pennsylvania 1now ol OEthe: Ay ‘od Tk Hoc | .R. Srike Alaska Transportation Comnmy,?se{:ce: ae ni:&ed in connection [in-lzw, Frank Olson. Sgt. Nyman questioned 23 exhibits intmduced};‘nke ransp;)r 8.0 i all |is the son of Frank R. Nyman and by O'Connor to uphold his conten- | cflmazzinz"";y"’s:: t»?a:;mg:'t lis & nephew of John A. Nyman, were not entitl- e- i £ | tion the companies were n | partment's Bireati - of - Personnel. +Deputy Collector in Charge of the increases, as O'Connor had claimed. | O'Connor admitted some inac-| curacies in his figures, but stuck to his assertion that nothing so far| introduced justified boostng Alas- Atty. Gen. Ralph Rivers of Alaska,|SYStem. [turned to his pre-war vocation of | Hits Mail * ed to a rate increase. Stephen con- | {Internal Revenue Bureau for Alas-! | ka rates. The W*ashingion; Merry-Go-Round - By DREW PEARSON Note: Drew Pearson’s col- umn today takes the form of a Jetter to the Attorney General of the United States. . ; Washington, D. C. May 23, 1946. Tom Clark, i Attorney General of the United States, The Justice Department, Washington, D. C. Dear Tom: Not being a lawyer, I suppose 3 should not be giving advice to the chief legal administrator of our country. It’s like an old maid aunt| telling me how to run my children. " However, I have something on my mind which may not be good law, but I think it is good sense. | T suspect a lot of other Americans | have the same thing on their minds also. the enforcement of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, first under Tru-| man Arnold, later under. yourself and now under Wendell Berge, and in my opinion you have all done one of the most important jobs of the decade in preserving the Am- erican spirit of free enterprise and (Continued on Page Four) Crimes trial, was killed yesterday while handling a gun, it was an- nounced today. WASHINGTON—President Tru- iman today signed legislation in- creasing the pay of about 1,000,000 Federal employees by 14 percent or $250 . a year, whichever is greater. It also aims at cutting the number of Federal workers from 2,400,000 to 1,800,000. CHICAGO—Late afternoon re- Iports indicate only about 50 pas- senger trains are being operated. The normal number about 17,5(Y trains in the nation. WASHINGTON—The coal indus- try is moving toward a completé shutdown. The truce in the soft coal mines will end tomorrow. CITY OFFICERS, LEWIS TALKING NEW FRANCHISE R. F. Lewis, President of the Ju- neau Water Company, arrived here earlier this week from his home in Alameda, California, and has been conferring with City officials con- Pn;r some time I have watched cerning a franchise to replace the. one held by his company which ex- pired this year. - e DERBLAY LEAVES The Alaska émm‘ahlp Company’s freighter Derblay, which has been loading lumber here for severai days, left for Ketchikan at 3 a.m. today. | I day ~afternoon, immediately upon |the calling of the railroad strike, ! Mrs. Crystal*Jenne, Postmaster has' |announced: | “The nation-wide rail strike imakes it imperative that accept-| ance of mail matter of the second,| |third, and fourth classes be tem-| | porarily suspended and that first-; jclass and air mail be restricted in| |weight and size. “Therefore, effective 4:00 p. m.,/ The-approval means the co; ies may apply for price increases to offset a rise in wages. A fact- finding board on April 30 recom- mended the pay hike. Officials of the United States Conciliation Service predicted the Boards' action will end strikes that have occurred in a majority of W 9 | plants for which the increase was Transportation: Some (rains op:r-i approved. Some strikes date back 8t€ manned by supervisory em- u? pJanuzry. ployees but Association of Ameriean Jjects in the Aleutians. The citation is given for “Out- standing performance of duty in the rescue and care of the saldiers.I passengers and crew of the wreck-\ ed vessel 8. S. Yukon.” Ex-Sgt. Nyman has said that sea-skill gained as a fisherman made possible his rescue efforts. At the time of the rescue, he was attached to the 183rd Station Hos- pital at Fort Richardson, as a mem- Truman's mis: proposal of 18 1-2 cents an hour wage increase, which was accepted by 18 other rail brotherhcods and the carriers; Covernment officials call furth conferences today in attempi to ef-| fect settlement of dispute over| ages and changzs in working rules. | The fruit industry, the west 's greatest, was jeopardized by the rail tie-up. Stranded Some transcontinental passeng- ers were stranded at small towns hundreds of miles from their des- tinations. At San Francisco, 20,000 regular commuters by train were forced to- The decision applies to all facil- fnauroada said tieup “pretty close day to find other modes of trans- Hans Petersen’s Alma, Sitka re- | gistered packer formeily a Channel fefry boat here, has becn chartered to tow the barge to Dry Bay. (FOOD SHIPMENTS 10 ALASKA MAY SOON |May 23, 1946, and until further no- tice, no second, third and- fourth class matter shall be accepted' for| mailing and first class and air mail| shall be restricted to letter mail in| its ordinary and registered form| not exceeding 16 ounces in weight. This suspension and these restric-| tions shall not apply to mail for lo-| cal delivery nor for mail originating | :at and destined for points entircly within an area not affected by rail curtailments or wherever other! transportation facilities are avail- able.” STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, May 24—Closing| quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 8%, Alleghany Cor- | poration 7, American Can 100, An-| aconda 47%, Commonwealth and Southern 5, Curtiss-Wright 8, In- ilemn!‘lonal Harvester - 98, Kenne- | cott 58%, New York Central 26%,! Northern Pacific 32%, United Cor- | poration 6. U. 8. Steel 87%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,200,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 207.69, rails 66.39, utilities 43.32. CALIFORNIANS HERE Mr. and Mrs. F. Anthony of May- wood, Calif.,, are guests at the Ho- tel Juneau. | { | | jler, H. Comeau, C. Lee, I Parker, |plans by declaring: “President Tru- ths strike continues, with spokes-| ber of the Medical Corps. PACIFIC NORTHERN | BRINGS NINE HERE Arriving kere yesterday by Paci-! fic Northern Airlines Coastliner were five passengers from Anchor- age and four from Cordova. Twen- ty-one departed for Westward;] points. PNA passengers were: | From Anchorage—Alice Olson, T.; R. Curtis, Tom Donohue, Robert E.! Sayre, James A. Johnson. : To Anchorage—Ken Bagley, Allan Strelow, Robert Hewitt, William 4 ing, milling,|to 100 percent.” Priorities govern- lies SHEMd U wining "€ |ed movements of passengers and smelting or refining of r, lead, zine ::rlgt.helr s B Color-|freight by alr, highway and water ado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, |88 Army and Navy muster pilots Utah, , Arizona, New Mexico, " Cali-|2nd planes in emergency; =post- fornia, Nevada, Washington, Oregon | masters in many cities ban all but and Alaska, which were covered in first class mail; Tilinois Central, un- the fact-finding report. 'der government control since last/ L L | August, only class one railroad ex-| lempted from strike, Runin'48 Howden, Sid Rogers, William Spen- icurtail or halt operations in steel ‘\ Industry: Government coal mln&s' iunder government operation, but| !more than one-third of 400,000| ser. To Cordova—William Hemp-! NEW YORK, May 24 —Secretary |mills and in other industries, large| stead. To Kodiak—Ruth Vaughn,'of Commerce Wallace added today and small. | Diana Vaughn, Catherine Lovell. [to the speculation surrounding| Food: Sources in the food indus-| To Naknek—E. Newman, D. Mil- |President Truman’s future political try predicted -serious shortages if| |strikers working under two-weeks| !truce which ends Saturday stay| laway from jobs; early closing of pits because of rail strike indicat-| |ed, with rail tizup also expected to| J. Tandoo, E. Beck, R. Nicholl, Dave ;man is going to run for President men for the big packers predicting. Lindh, Felix Meinert, Ernie John- in 1948 and I am going to support near paralysis of the meat indu.«s-i| son. | him.” itry. Plane Captain was Maury Keat-i Wallace made his statement upon, Utilities: The Civilian Produc- ing; First Officer, Jack Dean, and|his arrival at La Guardia Fleld af- | tion Administration said a brown- Stewardess, Pauline Knight. 1Ler he was asked by a reporter if eut in eastern and midwestern coal B e - e AR {he entertained thoughts of seeking|producing areas would be ordered; FROM ANCHORAGE the presidency in 1948. He would'early next week if the strike was {not comment further on the sub-|not settled or soft coal mining Mr. and Mrs. Ed Arnell and ject. |was halted. family, and Lester Minner, all resi- | He ¢ame here to address the sev-| Sports: Rail tieup threatens to dents. of Anchorage, have arrived enth . annual convention of the disrupt travel of many baseball here. They are staying at the Hotel Brooklyn Jewish Community Coun- clubs, affects other sports, including Juneau. cil. horse racing. portation to reach the city lnd{ their jobs. i RIRI S'RKE Los Angeles suffered an almost | . Sl Alyeka Steamship Co. Spokesman predict- complete transportation ptrulylh‘{ed mypu?:; railroad .mc:, In addition to the rail strike, a!p,. many food ship- y soon halt strike of the city transit workers northern territory was still underway. jens i S {because much of its meat arrived Army Planes For Mail 'here by rall from Oregon, Idaho Airlines worked staffs on around anq Montana, and most of the the clock shifts and U. S. mail|cyrrent fruits and vegetables are officlals arranged to use ArmY,|shipped by rafl from California. Navy planes to transport first class — mail. | 1 There were several reports of :S"Ofllfllflfl trainmen permitting troop trains to gge 1 operate. A 15-car train :mmxm by HflS SDIkQ supervisory officials left Portland, Orey, for Spokane, wash, 1asi DUT NO Wreck night, and two hours later a sec< —_— ond train, with a regular crew, left| BRISTOL, Tenn, May 24. — A for Fort Lawton, Seattle, carrying southern railway streamliner train troops. !manned by an improvised crew hit Great Northern mail train No.'a spike in the Bristol yards last 28 left Seattle on schedule last night and Yardmaster R. H. Hark- night, bound for St. Paul, Minn.|leroad sald only slow speed pre- | There were 50 passengers and mall. | vented a wreek. The strike apparently had halted Harkleroad said there was no way all freight movement, and none of - the spike could have gotten on the the railroads was accepting any track accidentally. “The train new freight for shipment. { would have been wrecked if it had Airlines held out little hope of been traveling faster,” he said. alleviating the situation, since they! The train, “The Tennesseean” was normally are booked to capacity. on schedule enroute from Knox- NN Sl 5 R ‘ville to Chattanooga. It had left The late E. Phillips Oppenheim the Bristol station at 6:10 pm. wrote more than 150 novels of de- (EST), a few minutes before the tection and intrigue. incident.