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

. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,403 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1946 MEMBE R ASSOCIATE l) PRF.Sb PRICE TEN CENTS. —_————— " ] AMERICANS ENSLAVED BY YUGOSLAVS TRUMAN ENDS MEAT CONTROL PROGRESS IS "‘nggi'u"évg“mm ‘POISON VIAL REPORTEDON pogsep D DUCHESS TRICKERY IS RELIEF SHIPS par of g toot s rnd~ STILL POSER | Scaftered Over Golf L ngeralSmallVesseIs Now Course-Amouni |Prison Commandant Gives loading at Seattle i LONEON, Oct. 18.—An intensive | hkely Partial Explana- for Alaska \hunl for the thieves who stole part' 'of the Duchess of Windsor’s jewelry |extended today in Europe and The Governor's Office here today|reached across the Atlantic as au-! BY THOMAS A. REEDY advised Mayors of Alaska cities of‘thormes proceeded on a theory! NUERNBERG, Oct. 18 —Hermann progress toward securing relief ships| that the daring erime was the work |Goering probably slipped his poison for the Territory as reported by Lt. \o. international gem thieves. ‘vial into his mouth while seated Comd. Edward Chester, Naval Aide, The tweed- clad Duke, who had on the toilet in a corner of his to the Governor, now in Seattle | come to England for a private, quiet | cell Wednesday night, prison offi- ! | | | i | fion of Suicide f working on assuring relief sh;p- visit, valued the loot at not more'cmls theorized today. | ments. {than $80,000. Speaking from his, Col. B. C. Andrus, prison com-| YComdr. Chester wired the Gov“n_‘tempmary home at Sunningdale.,mandant, showing correspondents/ where the robbery was committed! the cell which had been occupied ! or, as follows: "“Burt Nelson man of the Committee for Mari- time Unitey-CIO) and his strike; committee have authorized small. : Wednesday night, he told British by the condemned Reichmarshal, (Northwest Chair-; s orthiwest Ohalr |, wsmen he was deeply concerned pointed out that the toilet hid part| (and annoyed at “the exaggerated‘ox the prisoner’s body ‘reportc of the value of the stolen| It was recalled that Nazi labor p Fra nected | J€Welry which one British paper | chief Robert Ley managed to avoid! iRSndent oneriers, ook donsecy ‘placed as high as $2,000,000." |detection in the same way when he| with Alaskan steamship lines, to!P'% 3 | ‘There is absolutely no truth hanged himself by attaching a wet transport vitally needed food, wint-| in the published statement that towell to a plumbing fixture er clothing, medical supplies and‘ ' 3 > the jewelry was worth £250,000, The iegs and feet of the prisoner feed for livestock to Alaskan ports.| : ‘ s ($1,000,000),” the Duke said. “I can|were plainly visitle to the guard, Several vessels of from 100 to 300 s now are loading. junderstand that a quarter of a who was instructed to enter the ffs + 2 million pounds makes better read- cell on the slightest suspicion. Some ‘The independent carriers are ;o inan only £20,000 but prisoners frequently objected to this, required to register with Frank g99009 it the value.” !said Capt. Robert Starnes of Birm- Jefikins, chairman of the strike| ‘ ; o/ ingham, Ala. a prison officer | clei'rnnce committee . . . to :ecun, Scotland Yard._ supreme head- " oo ihe poison vial, contained clearance for loading. As indepen- quarters of a ramified investigation, within a two-inch cartridge, got dent carriers register for cargo put its criminal investigation divis-';..0 tha cell, remained a major c}enrance local suppliers will be ion’s most astute minds to,work . cierv” Gol. Andrus said it would notified when and where to deliver on the case. R. M. Howe, assistant ; oo peep impossible for Goering supplies. Every effort will be made commissioner and one of the na- to conceal the cartridge on his to furnish vitally needed cargoes to|tion’s foremost crime specialists, person for any length of time. He all ports. Suggest that any vessel tcok personal charge of the hunt id the prison doctor never at any chartered by Alaskan dealers be which is reaching into the haunts time made a rectal examination o‘, chartered from independent carriers and hideouts of known' crooks m:Goering after the Nazi leader was lnl register as required for haulieg Britain and continental ountries, committed to this jail. onifood, winter -clothing“medicelion the theory-that the thlwes-had “*)" e ® (B S0 kg ot the supplies and feed for livestock. {tried or would try for a quick g€t- 04 control council had rejected, “Any attempt at black market op- |a%ay {rom England after long and bitter argument, eration by any carrier will W"L“‘”DT'}‘f )e“hfr(I was "‘ak‘en fmn:) the | oposal that the brains of Goering hamper present relief plans. May I“f i e “’l""‘ i, (; ‘3E l‘”“}j and the 10 executed leaders who committee, Burt Nelson’s commit- lar" who, polic 1d. evidently | )1, weq him in death, be examined tee’and Alaskan suppliers in this climbed an ivy-encircled pipe to a area are meeting at Seattle (‘ham. second story window ber of Commerce Friday morning More mystery was added to ”"‘lH\n GOERING LETTERS to set up an effective system »,(‘_cncumstances surrounding the dar- TELLING SUICIDE PLANS cargo handling.” |ing theft when searchers found a . |substantial quantity of the Wind- NUERNBERG, Oct. 18—Hermann ; isor's world famous gems collection Goering in a last burst of bragga- The engagement of Miss Mildred scattered over a golf course adjoin- dccio wrote a letter telling just scientifically. The Washmgto Merry - Go- Round Grant, secretary to Dr. Charles E. ing the gmunm of mo lodge. hew he purposed to commit suicide of Alaska, to Forrest Langley, | high source reported today. Tacoma, new ’“““"‘;‘3 N°“I‘;“f“ That informant said the letter, Nagarene Co gn o gt | « addressed to Col. B. C. Andrus, and FER M 0UhpeC CTRoEDLY (8 2 W||.|. BE ”FIED ! two more iound in his cell would fn San Francisco on December 22,; the Allied Control Council in Ber- and the couple will come north mi “m January. H e One of the letters, the source \saxd, was addressed to the Reichs-: n WI" Not Be a th But an {and the other was addressed to the \ r eopl % Orderly Re"ea‘ Be_ )Gexma‘n people, - urging them to have courage. Bunnell, President of the Umvcrsxt) |under the nos of his guards, a PRICE CONTROLS banks. The wedding will take place, be submitted, probably Monday, to !marshal’'s widow, Emmy Goering, fore November 1 > ! natural ‘afiected | month, BARTLETT TALKS ON ELECTION ‘Republican Gains Explain- ed - Statements by Gov- ernor, White,Robertson KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Oct. 18.— Republican gains in the Alaska el- ection are not surprising, said Del- egate E. L. Bartlett, Democrat, while stopping here enroute to Washington, D. C. He planned to fly to Seattle today He issued the following ment: “Since 1933 the Legislature has been almost top heavy with a Democratic membership. It is only that after all this | plus irritations at the continued maritime strike and shortages of gocds, that there would be mani- | festations at the polls of these ir- | ritations. “Late returns, especially from the Third Division, indicate that many more Democratic candidates will be elected to the Legislature than was first assumed “During the campaign I traveled irom Ketchikan to Barrow and it is my considered judgment that Gruening or anti-Gruening senti- ment had less to do with this deci- sicn than any held in recent years.” state- (Edward Coffee, Democratic fi- nance chairman for Alaska said in Seattle, that the vote in- dicated a trend against Gruening) GOVERNOR'S STATEMENT On the outcome of the election and the cpposing *party political claims that have followed “In the 1944 elections, the Demo- cratic Delegate to Congress was elected by a less than two-to-one majority, in a presidential year. In the 1946 election he is leading his opponent by what bids fair to be a three-to-one majority. This vote is the largest ever given a Delegate from Alaska “While Republicans substantial gains in ture, some of these gains may be attributed to the prolonged Ddl- alysis brought about by alm continual steamship strikes, whici have deprived virtually every Al- askan community of essential com- modities. The strikes have severely injured Alaska’s economy and have eve man, ,woman and have made the Legisla- child.” White's Statement Republican gains in the recent Alaska election indicates a Repub- lican victory in the states next Albert White, General for the GOP Alaska, Counsel in declared. time, | By DREW PEARSON (Ed. Note — Drew Pearspn’s column today takes the form of 4 letter to his brether in Paris.) ‘Washington, October 18, 1946. Leon Pearson, International News Service, Paris, France. Dear Kid, Well, ‘'we are in for some interest- | ing times in this country. A meat- mld America has been threatening! to tear Harry Truman limb-from-| limb politically unless its appetite | moya) of the majority of price con- |fresh vegetables, fruits and eggs in| for red meat was met, and POOr'ltyols is furnished by a high-rank- three weeks arrived at 10:30 o’clocl I ling government ofiicial who does this morning on board James Cole's felt sorry for him. But I feel W'jnol wish to be quoted. The dead- power barge. Harry has findlly surrendered. rier over what may be ahead for: all of us. We may be ready to fol- low the French road to inflation. Something has been happeningideath knell of meat controls was Prince Rupert. McDowell, who made that in this country—something doesn’t jibe with ‘our usual good| sense and patriotism. Several weeks!ing that the price control with- arrangements. | ago this normally sane nation sud-' denly went mad over meat, and it has stayed mad ever since. I have| been trying to figure out the rea- nhard goods, however, will stay un-|all local grocery markets, son. Actually we .ate more meat dur-'er Ceilings are expected to remain With Mrs. Cole along as cook, 140/ on cars, refrigerators, furniture and |Juneau last Sunday evening pounds per person per year, Which!faym machinery, and the lid will made no stops along the way, and!| ing the war than before; was 12 pounds more than we ate annually before the war started | Wartime price controls un many ,of the other things you | heading for oblivion rastel | had been expected. | Thirteen days from now all (ood.s and services will be taken out {from under ceilings — with flour, bread and other bakery products | most likely to go first. Coffee al ‘ready has gone off the price con- | trol list. And cailings have been | raised slightly on jams, jellies and | fruit preserves. In the textile field, men will be ‘paymg from seven to 14 cents more | for handkerchiefs. The prediction of an early Lhan re- line for their passing—November 1—is at least two months earlier |than had been planned before the President sources _are Truman. insisting | sounded by Government drawal will be an “orderly retreat” | —as they put it—and not a riot. | Basic wearing apparel and many i der price control for a while long- be kept on rentals, also. - And as I look back on it, we never! used to be a nation of such pas- sionate meat-eaters. Remember when we were kids? in Anchorage, were recently laldfllarge amounts of potatoes, eggs by! than ed and seven persons were placed the hundreds of dozens; We never had meat more ;l:u’ee or four times a week. Mother salfl it was too expensive and that|the Cafe was charged with ass \!-,apple& vegetables were just as good, any- way. Remember what a big event Charges of being a bawdy house lettuce, green peppers, celery, cab- theLage, onions, (Continued on Page Four) | A cafe on Fourth Avenue and a. |private residence on Eighth Street under arrest. The proprietor {ing in running a bawdy house. | were made against those in private residence, White disagreed with the conten- . tion of Edward Coffee, Democratic Finance Chairman for Alaska, that the Territorial vote was agamsl‘ Gov. Ernest Gruening, rather than for Republicanism. Alaska has always been Repub- lican, he asserted, and there is a trend back to that party. He said FROMPR. RUPERT the election of Republican Henry ' Jim Cole’s Power Barge b . . enson as Labor ‘ommissioner Brings Cargo of Fruit, |eves “soun"suacpendent and Demo- cratic candidates proved this. Vegefables, Eggs | oppesition o Governor | MERCHANTS GET PERISHABLES IN | R. E. Robertson, former Treasur- ‘er for the GOP in Alaska, said “the growing opposition to Gov- k‘""m Gruening was definitely a, heavy iactor in the defeat of many | Democratic candidates. However I believe that a strong trend toward h Cole Tl hoan (eheriehed Bext\me Republican party was also in- |McDowell and Marshall Irwin, lo- | dicated.” |cal merchants, for the trip to foated.” Juneau’s first water shipment of ', - the trip on the barge, managed the| {buying, whi rwin handl | {buying, while Trwin handled local| w0 r o T T el | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5'2, American Can |84, Anaconda 38'2 | 6, International Hal\eslel 74, Ken- The barge and its four man crew, N€cott 46%, New York Central 15, ]elUNmthEln Pacific 19, U. S. Steel 1t 70%, Pound $4.03% Longshoremen have promised to |unload the cargo this afternoon,| land the goods will be distributed to| S1les today were 920,000 shares. Dow, Jones averages today are ispent just one day in Prince Ru- ! pert. The return trip here to6k only industrials 17165, as follows: rails peaches, pears, |grapes, cucumbers. Calavos, ornnges“"fl The Wanderer, skipper Sany | Stevenson, had 3,600 fish, and IChartie Johnson's Helen J. 2,800. Both boats sold' to E, E. Engstrom squash, lemons, ruta- 'bagas, pumpkins and coconuts, is STOCK QUOTATIONS |- NEW WAGE SCALE ~ FOR WORKERS IN - ALASKA'IS GIVEN Construction Men Given' | Boost-Wage Board Announcement WASHINGTON, Oct 18.—Higher hourly wage rates for construction workers in Alaska are announced by the Wage Board. Regulations permit an employer to pay his es- tablished rate of October 2, 1942, any rate approved for him since by the Board, or the area rate pub-| lished by the Board, a spokesman| said, The rates are higher in almost all categories, he added These are seme of the rates an-| nounced for Alaska Buggy mobile drivers. $1.70 an hour; semi or truck and trailer drivers; dump trucks of 20 yards capaci $2; lumber carrier trucks $190; shovel or crane operator $2.20; bulldozer operator $1.90; tan- dem carryall drivers $2.05; derrick |operators $2.20; trenching machine operators $2.15; mucking machine $2.20; locomotive engineers $1.95; cement hogs $2.05; levermen $187' and engineer welders $1.72! - BULLETINS CLEVELAND—Walter P. Reuth- er, President of the CIO United Automobile Workers Union, an- nounced here today that wage con- traets covering more than 400,000 werkers in the auto industry would be reopened within the next 50 days, WASHINGTON — Crew members of the Pacusan Dreamboat visited the White House today and receiv- ed a collective pat on the back from President Truman for their flight from Honclulu to Cairo. TTLE—Directur Prof. Charles said today that the University of Washington Mens' Glee Club may make a spring tour of Alaska. Three times in past years the club has visited the Territory WASHINGTON Secretary of State James Byrnes, just back from Paris goes on the air (NBC and some Mutual Stations) tonight at 10 p.m., Eastern time. It's ex- pected that he’ll hit back at former Commerce Secretary Henry Wal-' lace, who recently denounced this country's. policy toward Russia. S| W. Lawrence CHICAGO—Prices on cattle and sheep were down today, despite sharply lower receipts at the live- stock markets. Meanwhile, hpgs reversed their decline of yesterday and generally were steady to up as much as $2 at Chicago and $3.50 at east St. Louis, Illinois. PATERSON, w Jeey—Two robbers left a trail of folding mon- ey today after stealing the payroll from a Paterson eompany. Just as the bandits scooped the payroil of $3,000 into their hands, a door clos- ed somewhere nearby robbers managed to escape, but in doing so, scattered more than $2,- 000 along two 1lighls of stairs. W (L“BERLA D, West Vir- | ginia—One man was killed and | four others were injured today in a coal mine explosion near heére The blast was believed to have been set off by a welder's arc. L()NDON-JThe Duke of Windsor reported to have arranged an ffer of a $10,000 reward today for the return of a treasure in jewel- stolen from his American-born fe or for identification of the thieves, WASHINGTON_The Labor De- partment waited today for tempers to cool in the maritime strike, | which appeared farther from settle- { ment than it was 10 days ago. With more than 800 ships tied up by the 18-day-old strike of licensed sea- men, Labor Department officials 138 hours. 1458, utititis A indicated that the time was not Following is a list of foodstuffs B e A ripe for new government moves ,|included in the 110 tons of cargo: ! FISH MNDINGS I - SENTENCE SUSPENDED also ba- BT A i of nanas, sweet potatoes, grapefruit, Two boats landed cargoes of sal-| Daniel Telles, who last week]| tomatoes, mcn at the Cold Storage this morn- | pleaded guilty here to a charge of | petit larceny, yesterday afternoon lwas ~ handed a suspended six menths jad sentence by U. 5. Com- | missioner Pelix Gray. ! Jacobs, commanding officer the port and added greatly |fering; The excited | /ARMY PORT AT SEATTLE MAY CLOSE | Commandant Blasts Union' Attitude of Hostility, ! Interference } ; SEATTLE, Oct. 18.—A threat t lose the Seattle Port of Embaika- tion and transfer its operations tol other ports precipitated a cl late | yesterday between Col. Fenton S| of the Port and unionists engaged ir (he U. 5. PROTESTS FORCED TOIL OF SUBJECTS Harsh Treafment Follows Conviction of "No Crime Whatever” 1+ WASHINGTON, Oct 18, — Tas | United ates government c¢v- demned in the strongest terms to- |day what it called “slave labor” | Presid rt Truman ered re- | practilys by Yugcrlavia against meval of government pri [ persons in that country claiming current waterfront strike. i trols from t, cattle, hogs, sheep | (0 be American citizens In a sharply worded statement,! and all fesds and feed derived | In a note delivered to the Yugo- Col. Jacobs said he would recom-! from livestcek as of October 15, {slav Foreign Office in Belgrade mend the closure “unless organized | pecentrol of other comm-ditiss DY Richard C. Patter- labor wil e C ation ! ! J e gover, c vill extend the cooperation ! \Gi'he ecelerated, the President | 50T Jr the government charged: necessary for me to accomplich my | G . | mission and duty to our govern.! dnmounced in his nationwide | 1 _Individuals claiming U, S. cit- ment.” | broadcast. Rent control will con- {izenship “who have been convicted He cited a long list or grievances| tinue for scme time and wage |0l no crime whatever,” have been in an open letter to the committee| controls will be tapered off. In his |confined in camps by the Yugoslav for Maritime Unity-CIO after n: address, Traman bitterly assailed | 80vernment and some died as the CMU decision was announced to| Congress fer passing what he : result of conditions and treatment remove union members from Mili- | armed a “feeble” pricing law, ‘lu.,\\hvh»ln they were subjected. tary vessels here and to limit Army ' ,,q useifish men” who have cre- | .° The persons surviving the transport vessels to food, clothing St candition. Bl iasisshneas icamps are being hired out by Yu- and medical supplies | % by . goslavia to private individuals for Brings CMU Reply | which meat control sis the “only |all types of hard ldbor for which The Colonel's blast brought aj remedy left.” | they receive no pay. CMU reply denying any intention, ! 3.-The Yugoslav government re- to close the port. It expressed ,,»_l {ceives sums from 15 to 50 dinars gret that “the army should align! DINNER IAB[ES l“ jper day from the employers of itself against the welfare of !r-‘ . these victims, who frequently work public and the thousands of mari-1 time workers on strike by up the fight in behalf steamship operators. . Burt Nelson, Northwest CMU chairman, earlier had announced the strikers were “tightening up” on army shipping here. “For the past several months, wrote the Colonel, “the local mari- time unions have titude of hostility and interferenc> which has delayed the operations of to the of cost of government.” He listed 256 “recent causes fori work stoppage, not generally | known,” including: Stop Causes Listed “Refusal to work under of civilian guards to prevent pil- bers of rival regardless of the shortage of mer refusal to work with military work details; refusal to work unless per mitted to smoke in pier toilet; refusal to work with civil personnel; threats to stop civil re- lief cargoes to enemy countries; re- fusal to work because required to reveal identification; refusal to work unless permitted to smoke on chips posted as ‘hot’ by post fire| marshal in accordance with local ordinances ” “For a time, the port felt this was merely a part of the of nerves' associated with indus: trial strife. Recent development bowever, have forced me to conclusion that the attitude of local lakor in offering continued hin- ¢ nce to the War Department’s program is part of a plan to sub-| cidinate the operations of the! Seattle Port of Embarkation to the control of the local labor organiza ticns.” tha - IUPED G, o s v . . WEATHER REPORT (U, 8. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Perlod Ending 6:30 o'Clock This Morning e o 0 In Juneau—Maximum, taking | 1 the | xhibited an at-) scrutiny | refusal to work with mem- | union organizations ! | service the| 12 hours daily and get only such ifood and shelter as the employers ! { determine. or MEAT wEEKE“D Practices Condemned ! ’ ! “The United States government states it abhorrence and condem- \ (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/ ' nation of the practices dewflbed { Dinner tables mostly will be bare above,™ the note said. STATES T0 BE BARE of meat over the weekend despite “They are violations ot the estab- the unpreceded flow of livestock to lished principles of international market since removal of price con- law governing the protection of (trols three days ago. Meat industry foreign subjects, constituting in- {leaders say that time and even voluntary or forced labor in denial ‘larger quantities of livestock will Of the natural rights of human be- |be needed before the meat supply ings and pessessing no features dis- is back to normal. Here's why : tinguishable from slave labor.” At one point the note declared | Meat supply lines are empty. Re- that the claimants to American !tail coolers are bave and millions citizenship receive worse treatment of people who haven't had much'than that to which prisoners of ;meat lately are clamoring for it war are entitled under the Geneva Incidentally, there was a sharP convention of 1929, drep in arrivals of hogs and sheep It pointed out that under that at the Chicago and Omaha yards pact, war prisoners can be forced teday, as compared to yesterday's o work, but only in terms consist- j high runs, However, sheep arrivals ent with “enlightened labor prac- 5% Ghicago’ wete Bighsr | tices,” including proper food, cloth- In the meantime, a vast mcyc- N8 shelter, and working hours. e POW Treatment Superior “Thus, th® practice of nations in respect to the soldiers of a belli- gerent power captured in the heat of battle while bearing arms is su- perior to the practice of the Yugo- slav government with respect to individuals claiming the national- ity of a friendly power, which con- tributed materially to the liberation of Yugoslavia from enemy occupa- |tion and subsequently contributed 1in terms of goods and assistance {to the reconstruction of Yugoslay ‘economy,” the note asserted. IND!(IMENI The United States has attempted 1 ifor several months to obtain exit i FOR I'REASON | permits from the Yugoslav govern- 1 um-m for persons regarded here as i ASKED BY FBI, | | ment of Mexican cattle toward Al !erican markets is underway. From | south of the border, the vanguard tof 500,000 lean young beef cattle |are heading toward fattening pas- tures and ranges throughout the \ southeast. United States. { The embargo on Mexican cattle | was lifted today. but these animals must be ied, fattened and process- ed before they go to. the slaughter- houses. - > ! having valid claims to American ull/rnshl]l e — 'ALASKA IS PART OF NEW AGENCY;HEAD ' DIRECTOR NAMED ! i WASHINGTON ! Justice Department jday I will ask ijury here to return a new Oct announced Federal grand treason 1 tindictment against Douglas (,mml- {ler and Robert Best who were jcused of having broadcast Nazi pro- | paganda over Radio Berlin 18 The to- | a ac- . o L . . . ., . ° . ° . . ® minimum, 38 o Officials would hat 1‘ A ¢ : cials would not say what ef- : mxAnllm’::rlrrma‘s Maximum, 43; :{les Wl tine 1natntinents may Have l \Vl\wa(-TON Oct. 18—Walter : . o! A Department spokesman mm;s ”“‘]’" ‘l"ip“"”""_“- Ore., “hes B SEER ireporters that three Germans will|bPeen selected director for the states . WEATHER FORECAST . be. Briteh 50y 4 A 4 of Washington and Oregon and the W s cad ViGHD a brought _here in about a week . o 'to testify against the pair before “"“‘“'I'V of Alaska for the newly {is 7 o I created Farmers Home Administra- e Occasional light rain and e {th¢ erand jury " ! o 5 B i ion e not much change in temper- e The new agency merges all credit e ature tonight and Saturday : woman Bfeak! Her ‘m('llllu\ and services of the former . i AR b ‘llnm Security Administration and . ;! PRECIP! "A 03 : leg S’ambhn or jthe Emergency Crop and Feed © (Past 24 iouss eading 7:30 a.m. today) @ g1 | Loan' Diviston ‘ot the. Fatm ‘el s 5 . Sh ( d ! Administration, under provisions of P sunew — 55 wenes: s ShOr Commodities | Igkation postat: b e aat ® since Oct. 1, 935 inches; | el |gress, effective Nov, 1 ® since July 1, 5254 inches '? BINGHAMTON, N. Y, Oct. 18—A | The new agency will provide cre- . At Airport — .30 inches; ®(72.year-old woman suffered a brok-!dit and farm supervision to approv- ® since Oct. 1, 923 inches; @ en Jeg today in a scramble of 400 ed tenants for purchase of farms as |® since July 1, 2628 inche ® women seeking to purchase scarce|well as agricultural production and | ® soap chips and shortening at a'subsistance loans. [s. 00 ¢ o s 0 s 80 e il market : 1 - - sl TN i Mrs. Lottie Yoeman's was taken CHURCH GOES SOUTH [to a hospital after she sustained, Two and one-half million gal- Jim Church, Juneau agent for the fracture in a collision with two lons of fuel cil, gasoline and other the Alaska Transportation Co. ac- other wemen | petroleum products recently arriv- companied by Mrs. Church, has left The market had offered 120 cans ed in Anchorage from the new for the south by air for a vacation of shortening and 250 packages ot Union Oil station at Whittier where trip of one month, soap chips a tanker had landed a cargo.