The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 4, 1946, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,391 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1946 ———— MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS * PRICE TEN CENTS —— SEA DIRIKE BRIT., FRENCH MARINE BASE ZONES CLOSED ATTACKED BY TO NAZI TRIO 200 CHINESE Reich War Leaders Fear Assault on Hsinho Supply| Treatment by Bavarians | Dump Repulsed by U. | =Six Appeals Filed S. Defenders | NUERNBERG, Oct. 4—U. S.! PEIPING, Oct. 4—Two nundred-‘ Army authorities said today the unidentified Chinese attacked the| British had declined to permit|U. S. Marines’ ammunition and| Hjalmar Schacht and Hans Fritsche, [supply dump at Hsinho, five miles aequitted of war crimes by the In-| west of Tangku, Corps Headquarters| ternational Military Tribunal, to|announced today. ‘ enter the British occupation zone; There was immediate speculation | of Germany. |that the attackers were Chinese JLt. Gen. Lucius Clay, Deputy|Communists. J American Military governor, nn-; One Marine was wounded r‘]l‘:{h‘-: nounced that the French had re- ly. One Chinese was killed. Anoth- jected the plea of Nazi diplomm‘er Chinese, wounded, was captured Franz Von Papen, the third of the and is beine questioned by Marine| aequitted German war leaders, to|officers i seftle in the French zone. | Corps headquarters, which called| The three acquitted men were|the attackers “unidentified Chinese” | still in the Nuernberg Palace of reported they launched their as-| Justice jail, hopefully awaiting safe |sault at 10:45 o'clock last night| canduct out of the American zone.fand were not repulsed until 12:05 a.; They told attorneys and army of-|m. today. | ficers they feared the treatment| “Fire from Marines defending the they might receive at the hands dump forced them to withdraw,” the| of the Bavarians around Nuern-|announcement said. | berg, who want to try them under The Chinese did not penetrate; denazification laws. barbed wire encircling the dump. Col. B. C. Andrus, Security Offi-| I | | | | | The attackers used rifles and cer, said he was anxious to get rid automatic weapcns. | of his “star boarders,” but would | e keep them in his custody pending: ! a decision at a higher level. REPORIER HERE | Meanwhile, attorneys for three | additional Nazi war leaders and for 'I'o COVER M ANY i the SS (Elite Guard) filed appeals from their convictions with the AlASKA SIOR'ES & | behalf of six of the 19 men con- | (Continued on Page Two) James Bassett, special reporter" o |ed here this week on the first stop Merr o GO _Round of his general coverage assign- ' Y {ment through Alaska. { - | Mr. Bassett will remain here un-| he washlngton‘n] October 8, when he will fly| |North for stopovers at Whitehorse.i By DREW PEARSON |Nome. On his return trip enroute | ito the States he plans to visit! WASHINGTON—The State DE"Ketchikan 1 . | A i | Among the subjects he plans to| by which the United States would|coyer gre: Navy Installations in the | publish some of the secret d“““Territory: the Army’s Operation | aton with Germany during the|anchorage, the Boom Town; State- | Nazi-Soviet pact period. The docu-|pooq, and several general travel| ments, of course, are packed with giories Stalin in active collaboration prior ested in what the Navy is doing| to 1941. o |in Alaska towards maintaining a However, as soon as this informa- | permanent line of defense. During! to British Foreign Minister Bevin south Pacific theatre with the| that if the United States published Navy. these papers, Russa would publish| Another issue of keen interest to| documents even list the sums which| possibilities in Southeast Alaska. In| Hitler paid to some very important|1920 a group of newspapers on the | Englishmen. | West Coast were surveying Alaska’s| the Foreign Office is now hoping|to a possible cooperative pulp mill. that the State Department keeps- its| At that time however, pulp supply mouth shut. ifor the manufacture of paper was i Allied Control Council. Appeals on| ilor the Los Angeles Times, arriv- | Fairbanks, Anchorage, Kodiak and partment recently leaked out a plan; ments relating to Russia’s collabor-| prjgiq; “Matanuska Valley Colony; dynamite. They show Hitler and| «The writer is particularly inter-| tion leaked out, Molotov sent word!the war, Bassett served in the certain documents of its own. The the Times man is the pulp mill| Although London will deny it,|southeast timber stand with an eye| adequate and nothing was done PHIL MURRAY MAY RESIGN | | | restful PALESTINE SITUATION IS TENSE (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) BULLETINS SEATTLE—The Army has dis- closed plans to purchase meat in Australia and Argentina to alle- viate current shortages. The Army’s Quartermaster General, Major T. B. Larkin, says the meat will be ipped to occupation forces over- seas. CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Dominican — pgjeqiine js tense today on the eve Republic—The earth is still tn=mh»‘Or Yom Kippur—the Jewish day of ling in the Caribbean area, A fresh | ,¢;nement and highest holy day on earthquake, described as moderate,| 1o Heprew religious calendar. has hit the Dominican Republic| rpignt at sunset thousands of capital of Trujillo but so far there Jews in the Holy Land will go to is no detailed word of damage ON ' ih. ancient wailing wall of Jeru- the island, | salem to begin holiday prayers. And police are on the alert for possible Jewish-Arab clashes. There was a riot back in 1929— it started with the blowing of the Shofar—the ram’s horn that sounds the beginning of Yom Kippur. The noise of the horn could be heard at the Mosque El Aksa, which the Moslems regard as the third holiest place in Islam. The Moslems re- sented the blowing of the horn, and bitter street fighting resulted. The sounding of the horn has since been banned by local ordinance. Today police and army ofricials in the Holy Land are taking precau- i tions to prevent a renewal of Mos- lem-Jewish fighting en Yom Kip- pur. WASHINGTON — Former Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull, ill at Bethesda hospital, spent a more night last night but his condition continues grave. BEVERLY HILLS—Barney Old- field, 69, one-time auto speed king ol the dirt tracks, died at his home today, as result of an attack of the heart. Oldfield, who was the first man ever to travel a mile a min- ute, was found dead in his bed by his wife, Bessie, whom he remarried 10 months ago after a separation of 21 years. SALEM, Ore.—Joan Cloudy of Ketchikan, Alaska, has been pledg- ed to Alpha Chi Omega Sorority at ANCHORAGE—Almond G. Fuller| was indicted by the district courti A IN JEWS' BEHALF grand jury yesterday charged with the second degree murder of Mrs.| Jean Mackey. She was found dead | (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) President Truman has demanded | that the gates of Palestine be open- July 18. Ii convicted, Fuller would | receive a 15-year sentence under} Territorial law. No arraignment; date was set. l Behrin " ¥ |ed immediately to a large number ere was another | isplac s BRI i nenin TG bE Tit] o e, Gl e, ing ght, { Mr. Truman made that demand the overtones were romantic. {n-‘ in a Yom Kippur statement, which stead of international. The victim| he sent by cable to Prime Minister was a Red Army GI He was shot| Clement Attlee of Great Britain, in the leg while strolling throughi The President gave these reasons a park with a German fraulein. ‘why immigration into the Holy |Land should be substantially ine BERLIN =2 The Soviet military| creased without further waiting: ggverr;mem‘ml Berllnt !im's’ Bnngllul;gl-]; He pointed out that winter will ed plans for repatriating f be here before the Palestine talks Germans, including women and | in London can be resumed. Theie- children. They will be_retun_!ed to fore, he said, “I believe and urge Germany from the Soviet Union. | that substantial immigration into s Ss 5 ¢ r‘Palesline cannot await a solution— VN - Secretary of and it should begin at once.” Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson; At the same time Mr. Truman says beef import barriers may be‘drclm'ed that the immigration laws eliminated and the Mexican border of other countries should be liber- opened to grass fattened cattle, if alized—including those of the Unit- beef scarcities continue. | ed States. And he said he is ready | to make such a recommendation to ANCHORAGE — Col. John P. Congress. Johnson, manager of the Alaska | —————— Railroad, disclosed today that 200 e . . . employees have been laid off be-| e cause of the maritime strike. He! o said maintenance shops and other! o departments may be closed in mc‘ . near future because of lack of busi-| ¢ ness. le 2 lie ENROUTE TO ST. LOUIS ON{. RED SOX SPECIAL—The quietly' o confident Boston Red Sox rolled| o toward St. Louis today for theiri. delayed World Series opener with|e the Cardinals with only the doubt- o s o WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Period Ending 6:30 0'Clock This Morning ® o o In Juneau—Maximum, 47; minimum, 44. At Airport—Maximum, 47; minimum, 43. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) "DAWNTODUSK" | BOY SCOUTDRIVE | GETS GOOD START | Forty-three interested Juneau |Luginess men took to the tield |lms morning in a “Dawn to Dusk |edyeational and financial cam- |palgn for the Boy Scouts of Amer- ica, Frank Hermann, Campaign Chair- man, challenged the men with the theme of “American Youth, our Insurance for Tomorrow.” A complimentary Kickoff break- fast was served at 7:30 o'clock this morning at the Baranof Hotel for| the workers. Finance Chairman | Frank Hermann introduced mem- | bers of the Executive Committee and each of the team captains »\ho" in . turn introduced their team| matps. For those arriving half- awake, Mr. Hermann provided | toothpicks. | Alaska Council President, Chas G. Burdick set forth the plans of the Alaska Council for the com-| ing year He stated that in addi- tion to the two men now in the Council, a new man is to be plac- ed at Ketchikan, and one at Fair- banks. The Ketchikan man s, arriving this month and it is ex- pected to have the Fairbanks man on the job in Novembe Mr. Burdick gave praise for the outstanding recruiting - record set| {by the Council stating that Alaska | lackpd only two-tenth of one p |cent of showing a greater mem- {bership gain than any other Coun-| cil in the United States | Burdick encouraged increased sub- scriptions and pledges due to the increased program. i “I know of no finer way to pre- serve American Democracy than through working with the youth and certainly the outstanding ren-l ord wI the Boy Scouts of America | cited by our leaders of the Armed | Forces and social fields removes | any doubt from our minds that this | is the finest youth organization in| | America today,” Mr. Burdick said. | Hermann praised the work of the| Eoy Scout program in Alaska dur-i ing the past year under the leader- ship of Scout Executive Delbert Hanks. He stated that Council or-| ganization had been completed and that the membership in Alaska had' increased from 191 last June to a total membership of 957 as of today. “Leaders go out today to sell this program as it should be sold. Re- member that your job is not to run a campaign alone but that you are on an educational campaign as| well. The results of the past con-| flict have caused difficult situa-| |tions in many family homes. Many | {youngsters have been neglected. |The Boy Scout program is an out- |standing program that will give guidance to all the Alaskan youths |we reach. Remember that what we do for these young boys today is important. The future of America lies in these young boys today. The youth of today are our insurance of tomorrow,” Mr. Hermann said. COMMUNION THIS SUNDAY IN MOST | £ 7,916 DREAMBOAT Legion Backs NOW BOUND Comimander in FOR CAIRO Bradley Feud SAN FRANCISCA Hops Off from Honolulu=Is american tesion convention, vy « Expecied Over Juneau reoiuion consurine e Verorans Early Tonight \Adminlsnun«-n and demanding Oct. 4.—The | special congressional session to 1 peal limitations on the vet on-the-job training program The convention thus supported Legion’s National Commander, W. Stelle, of Illinos, in his personal feud with Gen. Omar |N. Bradley, Veterans' Administra- {tor, who defended his policies in iu speech yesterd HONOLULU, Oct. 4—The Army's, Upbraiding Gen. Bradley in a B-29 Pacusan Dreamboat took off fiery speech at the Convention to- this morning on its projected 10,- day, Stelle declared th 30C mile flight from Honolulu to BYes j)vlznl Act last Aug Cairo over the top of the world. & “ceiling” on the veter The huge plane got into the air Job training program, at 5:51 am. (11:21 am.) EST. legislation” engineered by Bredley, To carry the greatest possible and served notice that the Legion amount of gasoline, the ship was Would fight to have it changed overloaded 27,000 pounds at the Stelle said the Legion “is a fight- takeoff. ing organization and it accepts the Of its total weight oi 147,000 Veterans Administrator's challenge.” pounds, approximately half, 177,352 Bl g S i MEAVY SCHEDULE TODAY The heavy plane sped down the' SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4.~—The Army Air Forces' 7,000 foot Hickam American Legion convention enters Field runway and onto the Navy its final session today with a heavy Rfolnig . Jobhn' Eodkess s Rl bufrllung of incompleted work. equally long strip before it was air- 10 YIRS oGt 8 Bbine scheduled to elect new cfiicers with (The Asscciated Press listening ® Pennsylvania man—Paul H. Grif- post in San Francisco heard the fith—apparently slated to take over Dreamboat report by radio at 8:33 25 national commander. Also on to- amm. (11:33 a.m., EST)—that it was /'s docket, If they can be squeez- proceeding: normally at 1,400 feey ©d i, are several important reports —one dealing with national defense altitude.) S 4 et and another with internal organiza- Heads For Alaska tion. A number of important speech, Col. Beverly Warren, Omaha, co- oy )50 are scheduled, including 2 pilot and an expert at getting heav- a1x by the chairman of the United ily loaded planes into the air, was ggupeg strategic bombing survey— at the controls as the B-29 headed Franklin D'Olier. toward Dutch Harbor in the Aleu- ppo “on-the-job” training pay tians, the first check point. for veterans dispute still is a major There is no expectation that the jqe and the sukject has been fur- Dreamboat will set a world non ther aggravated by personal ex- top flight record, as Col. C. S. thanges between veterans adminis- Irvine, the flight commander, had trator Omar Bradley and Legion hoped, until the Navy's Truculent .ommander John Stelle. Turtle flew from Perth, Australia,' gello repeated his charge that to Columbus, Ohio, early this week. pradley had “broken faith” with the The Turtle, commanded by yeterans and the Legion head de- Comdr. Thomas D. Davies, Cleve- manded that Congress be convened land, Ohio flew an estimated 11,250 immediately to amend the veter- miles to smash Irvine's record of 4p o lralm‘m; bill, set last November in Gen. Bradley made an additional Dreamboat ketween Guam comment on the issue at Palo Alto, Washington, D. C. ! California. The government oificial 10,300 Mile . Flight said that if the $200-a-month ceils The Dreamboat will tly an esti- ing set by the Veterans Adminis- mated 10,300 miles if it reaches gration is found to be too low, his Calro. Irvine said there 15 no pos-| office would recommend that the sibility of it having sufiicient gas-'op.the-job training allowance be in- cline remaining to add another 1,- €00 miles for a record. He said the Air Forces' chief ob- jective on this flight is to test the B-29 under Arctic conditions. Master Sgt. Gordon S. Fsh of | Appletcn, Wis, crew chief, said: “We will never beat the record set by the Navy's Truculent Turtle | kut a ship was in better con- | | BULI N—The Dreamboat | maintaining its present speed, | sheuld arrive over Juneau | about 8:22 o'clock tonmight ac- cording to advices from the plane. The time however is in- definite. John hot 57D s on-the- was creased. ) it | p (FIRE PREVENTION IS DISCUSSED BY JFD AT MEET LAST EVENING With Fire I.cveadion Week to be iserved in Juneau, the Juneau »d For Juncau i Volunteer Fire Department met last ition than this one.’ “sneak A lot of people koth in and out of'labor are worried for fear Phil, Muriay will resign as head of CIO.; It has been Murray's wisdom that| has kept the extremists in the CIO‘ in check. i However, he isn't getting any| younger, is in poor health, nnd{ wants to resign at the November CIO convention in Atlantic City. If he: does, the CIO will split into various pieces. For that reason many frends are imploring him to/ remain and the present plan is to| re-elect him unanimously. LAMPPOSTS FOR DICTATORS .Lamppost hangings for dictators are becoming too fashionable in Latin America. « ;That was the conclusion of Ar- gentine Dictator Peron who was returning to his palace from a| lage party, when he noticed the headlights of an automobile playing on a lamppost directly in front of his home. On the lamppost was a big sign saying, “Reserved for Colonel Peron.” As Peron’s car drew to a halt, the automobile, whose headlights shone on the sign, dashed away. Peron; took several shots at the sign him- self, stormed into his palace, and told aides he could lick any man in Buenos Aires. +dn the fall of 1841, just before Pearl Harbor, a group of isolation- ist Senators conducted a smear in- vestigation of Hollywood movies which fell flat for two reasons— |the past 11 years. Bowdin College in Maine, he knew | about the proposed mill. \Now that pulp supplies are low, Bassett said, interest in the idea is reviving. Asked if the Los Angeles Times would be one of the West Coast papers interested in such a mill, Mr. Bassett said he “hoped so.” The visiting writer has been on the Los Angeles Times staff for A graduate of the Alaskan governor at the time the governor was editor of the Portland Evening News. As a fledg- {ing reporter, Bassett often sent in “string stories” to the Portland Maine, newspaper. Before the war the reporter went to Australia for the Times. Most of his work as a writer has involved traveling correspondence. STEAMER MOVEMENTS Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver October 10. No sailings from Seattle. Estebeth scheduled to sail Skagway 10 p. m. Monday. Leota scheduled to sail from Auk Bay every Thursday at 9:15 a. m. to connect with O'Harra Bus at |Haines for Fairbanks and Anchor- age. for LR RS BARTLETT HERE Delegate E. L: (Bob) spending the past week campaign- ing in the southern end of the First Division. He plans to fly to Skag- (Continued on Page Four) way and Haines tomorrow. Bartlett| arrived here this afternoon after| | ful condition of Red Williams’ right o {arm marring a serene outlook. Rain today and Saturday. Southeasterly winds increas- NEW YORK—Ray (Sugar) Rob-|e ing to 25 mph by Saturday inson of New York, and Tommy| e afternoon. Not much change Bell of Youngstown, Ohio, were; in temperature. matched today for a 15-round bout, at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 20, the winner to have recognition| as world’s welterweight champion. ————— SEOUL, Korea. — U. 8. Army | headquarters announced today that between 38 and 50 Korean police and an undetermined numper of civilians were killed at Taegu yes-| terday in fighting during what Kor- ean sources called a Korean Com- | munist demonstration against the | police as representatives of the American military government. PRECIPITATION (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today) In Juneau — .39 inches; since Oct. 1, 154 inches; since July, 1, 24.72 inches. At Airport — .32 inches; since Oct. 1, 1.76 inches; since July 1, 17.80 inches. e e e s o0 >, -AGER MEETING . ° . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . e . . . . . . . . . . . . . TEEN Members of the Teen-Age Club will meet tonight at 10:15 in the club rooms for a regular monthly meeting. This will be a meeting only of the Teen-Agers themselves and does not include the Board of Di- rectors or other adult members. All Teen-Agers are urged to attend. - — LICENSED TO WED A marriage license was issued here yesterday afternoon by the U. S. Commissioner to Miss Marcia J. GALS GALLIVANT Hoffman and Harry S. Oliver Jr., Two “Deep South” damsels who ;_both of Juneau. Mr. Oliver is a car- ventured north as far as Juneau|penter. this weekend are again venturing. Miss Billy Henslee and Miss Pat Tuckee, of the Forest Service Re- gional office stafi here, were to leave today on a brief flying trip to Sitka. SEATTLE—Atomic power plants may prove the solution to develop-| {ment of mineral resourges in the! more remote sections of Alaska, Dr. Charles Allen Thomas, technical | director of Monsanto Chemical! Company, predicted here today. He was one of eight scientists who re- | ceived the Medal of Merit for work done at Hanford, Wash, and Oak! Ridge, Tenn., during the war, ——~——— — .- FOSTER IN TRIP Don Foster, General Manager of Alaska Native Service, leaves early |next week on an official trip to Fairbanks and Kluckwan. The Dreamboat was expected to'night for it's regular monthly meet- make landfgll at Sitka, Alaska, 18 to discuss methods of reducing abcut 11 hours after the takeoff fire loss throughout the city. and then head ior Juneau. There; 7The majority of fires are caused In world wice dedication and fel- the ccmmunications officer expect- ! bY lessness and by allowing old lowship, Christian people around ed to encounter difficulty contact-Yubbish to collect so.that it repre- the globe will unite this Sunday in|ing radio stations which had been Sents a fire hazard. In Juneau a LOCAL CHURCHES |is nearly here. Department, promised full cooper- jation by KINY during Fire Preven- ition Week. ball Banquet ing of Earle answered e a e SECRETARY TO WRANGELL Secretary of Alaska Lew M. Wil- liams was to fly to his home city, Wrangell today. He expects to be away from Juneau several days and plans a Stikine River hunting trip while gone, what has come to be known as alerted to watch the plane’s prq-|high percentage of fire calls come World-Wide Communion Sunday. | gress. from deficlent oil stoves. During | While news of war, politics and| Irvine said he expected ine first;Fire Prevention Week Fire Chief | human unrest press in, this service, ' (Continued on Page o) ‘Mms urges all Juneau citizens to to be ceiebrated in mnearly all of| D jcheck their prem carefully for Juneaw's churches, is a real evi_REFINERY BlAST Ipossible fire hazards, as the winter dence of Christ's promise of “Peace on earth, good will to men.” | Communion services will be held| Kllls SEVE" IN ‘in the following local churches: ‘Mcthodlst, under Rev. Robert Treat, | SUN OIl PI.ANI lin the little chapel following the {11 ORUER muarming servits, and 8] {the Library Fund Drive, reported |spectal communion et iCe | MARCUS HOOK, Pa. Oct. 4—Sev-|ihat the recent Pire Department fon &b 11 o'clock in Northern Light|C bersons were killed and upwards ishow put on through coopsration Presbytésian church, Rev. Wilis|or oo oihers were injured by firé jof the Oapitol Theatre, had netted { Freoty SHIEER, SN |and thunderous explosions which the Department $100, which will be R. ROl peeauing Mcmmgvvllor-;m”ed through a unit of Sun Oil turned over to the Juneau Library ship and communion at 11 o'clock gompany's $13,000,000 aviation gaso- | Fund Committee. in the Lutheran church, under tneljine refinery several hours before{ A report of the B: i R o L I e M it B e’ Pew, Jr., estimated damage to the[nolds was made. The baseball sea- jter Boboleff oificiating at 1liworid's largest alkylation plant at:son for 1946 was declared a suc- {o'clock; Episcopal Church of the s300,000. He said a “packing gland |cess and plans are underway for a |Holy Trinity, Rev. Robert Webb, which failed, cuused gas to escape bigger season next year. Holy Communion at 11 oclock; and gnq flash,” touching off the series’ ive fire calls were the Assembly of God church, Rev.iof explosions felt 20 miles away in quring the week | Ralph E. Baker, communion servicé ppijjadelphia ! |at 11 am. - | Boiling up in huge clouds of! | A s |smoke lit by darting tongues of | OUT ON VACATION |flame, the fire swept unchecked for | Miss'Vivian Short, an employee at four hours after the first blast at |the Twentieth Century Market is ¢:10 p. m. yesterday. It was then !leaving next Wednesday, Oct. 9, brought under control but was not for a month’s vacation in the East. extinguished until this morning. son which has highest fire ratio 1 | Henry Hoag, a guest of the Fire Leonard Holmquist, chairman of' E.|Hunter, Joe Sadlier, and Percy Rey- ' NEGOTIATIONS SUSPENDED ARBITRATION OFFER MADE BY BRIDGES Ketchikan —L_ofigshoremen ¢| Agree to Unload S.5. Northern Voyager | WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—Govern- ment-spcnsored negotiations in the maritime strike were suspended to- di to give the Maritime Commis- sion a chance to decide on its next [ move. A Commission agency is considering plans in an effort to crack the stalemate cver the refusal of Paci- “fic coast shipowners' to grant union ceurity demands made by striking men : 1.—~Ordering the Pacilic coast op- eraters to accept hiring practice de- mands of two striking unions—AFL " masters, mates and pilots and the CIO marine engineers. 2—Inviting all Paific shipowners to Washington in an effort to per- suade them to grant the demands. official said the these two i WESTERN SHIPMEN MEET SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4.—Offi- cials of Pacific coast shipping com- panies, expecting an invitation to a Washngton conference in ertoris to settle the maritime strike, were scheduled to meet ‘here today. No announcement o1 the business before the meeting was made, but a Maritime Commission official in Washngton said an invitation to a peace conference would go today to west coast operating officials in- dividually, rather than the Pacific American Shipowners' Association. The negotiations in Washington are directed toward ending the four-day strike of CIO marine en- gineers and AFL masters, mates and pilots, affecting all coasts. In the strike of CIO longshore- men on the west coast, also in ef- fect since Oct. 1, union president Harry Bridges announced the long- shoremen were willing to return to work and leave the only remaining disputed issue to “negotiation, ar- bitration or fact finding.” The point at issue is whether waterfront employers will accede to a union demand that longshore- men be given the jobs of loading and unloading lumber on steam schooners. The practice has been tor the lumber to be handled by the schooners’ crews, members of the AFL Sailors'’ Union of the Pacific. Bridges notified the Maritime Commission and Secretary oi Labor Schwellenbach of the union’s re- turn-to-work offer. No comment was immediately forthcoming from the Pacific Coast Waterfront Em- ployers’ Association. Bridges said the union and em- ployers had reached agreement on wages and working conditions for a new contract. Pickets continued to block loading operations for the tourth day of the new strike. \’ CORDOVA TO NOME SEATTLE, Oct. 4—Described as a | Ncme relier ship, the Cordova of ithe Alaska Steamship Company, , will sail at 10 a.m. tomorrow, car- | rying among other cargo, 126 tons of groceries. The committee for maritime unity granted the company’s request for | clearance of the vessel. UNLOADING VOYAGER CIO longshoremen at Ketchikan | were to resume unloading of the i freighter Northern Voyager there | this morning. | Advices to the Governor’s office here, from Ketchikan state that the Waterfront Employers Association of that city and oificials of the Ketchikan ‘longshore local reached an agreement last night covering cemplete unloading of the Northern \Voyngcr. In addition to allowing Pworking of that vessel, which has (Continued un Page Two) " STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct 4. — Clesing quotation oi Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5%, American Can 82, Anaconda 37%, CuMiss-Wright 6, International Harvester 7T4%, Ken- necott 45'2, New York Central 15%, Northern Pacific 18%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 920,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 169.80, rails 47.10, utilities. 34.48.