The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 31, 1946, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” — VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,414 REDUCTION OFARMSTO GET AIRING Disarmamént Question Is Placed on Agenda of UNGeneral Assembly |- NEW YORK, Oct. Russia’s proposals for world arms reduction were assured a full air- ing in the United Nations Assembly | when the 14-nation General Com- mittee decided today to include the| disarmament question in the As- sembly’s agenda. The Committee agreed unani-| mously to sénd the armaments is-| sue to the 5l-nation Assembly and| to have it referred immediately to| the Assembly’s Political Committee. | The proposal to put the quesuonl on the agenda was offered by Bri-| tish delegate Philip J. Noel-Baker} as soon as the general (steering) committee met. | “I accept the proposal of the re-' presentative of the United King- dom,” Soviet delegate Andrei Y.| { JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1946 MEMBER ASSO(‘,IAT_[']D PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS = CAB HEARING ON | AACC APPLICATION IS ENDED TODAY | Concluding the CAB hearing on |Alaska Airplane Charter Company’s| application to fly charter trips within a 250 mile area of Juneau| | PRINCESS NORAH AGROUND BUT IS NOT IN DANGER iFishpacker'Sa; Jose Also i Hard Aground-Heavy 2 plus regular service between Sitka Seas Pounding e aniois “sau alite wia A —_— {chikan, Ellis Airlines, who with| Alaska Coastal Airlines and Peters-| i VANCOUVER, B. C,—Oct. 31.— | burg Air Service, is protesting the Princess Norah refloated this | morning, after running aground ‘near Powell River, and has pro-!tistical report showing a 31. — Soviet| ceeded to Vancouver with crew and|traffic in the areas for which the|There is no bail. Ashb; { authorization is applied. 60 passengers for examination of Read by Norman Gerde of Ellis| pessible damage. VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct. 31 — Two vessels lay aground off thol Island today, iwitness stand by his counsel, Wil-| fred Stump, at practically the last| |comst of Vancouver moment of the three-day hearing,| with one, the 90-foot fishpacker| San Jose, facing the possible dan- {ger of breaking up in heavy seas. Sitka during a four month period The second vessel, the 2731-ton :only 72 passengers were flown, Princess Norah, bearing an un-fand approximately 20 percent of known number of passengers, wflsllhuse stopped at way points bv-‘ tween the two cities. bound trips between Ketchikan and reported “in no danger” and ex- pected to refloat herself at high| Much of the testimony oflel'ed: tide today from a sandbar two/by counsel for the intervening com- miles off Como Harbor on thejpanies has been directed toward Island’s East Coast showing by census reports, eye The San Jose, with six men i witness - accounts and experience aboard, reported it was hard |that there is not traffic to warrant | aground off the southern coast oiilhe Charter Company's authoriza- | Fulford Reef but was “apparently;tion of a route. \Vishinsee ; |sound.” { ‘Through questioning of witnesses B0 orTE Seveutes. fwke D0 thei The Norah is operated by thejand several instances of cross ex- Rppation: | Canadian Pacific Steamships and,amination. Mr. Hellenthal brought | All Arms Proposals Committee action on the arms i sue was confined to the Soviet pro- posals, but it was taken for grant-| ed that once they came up the de- bate would embrace all arms pro-| posals including demands by the United States that adequate in- spection and enforcement measures, be adopted along with any limita-| tion action. These safeguards were expected to provide the issue over which the major powers would clash when the| debate finally started. | Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.| Molotov seeks to reduce arms and| outlaw atomic weapons by agree- ment, but Warren R. Austin, Chief of the U. S. Delegation, declared last night that the United Nationsl must go beyond that to guard against secret armament. Armament Question Noel-Baker’s action was the first' indication that Britain favored a discussion of the armament’s ques- tion. He had protested that he was| unable to enter into an immediate | discussion of the question at the| end of Tuesday's session when Mol- | otov called for comment on the Soviet proposals. There still was no indication what position Britain would take on the Soviet proposals themselves, but it was regarded likely that she would back U. S. demands for an inspec- tion system, since that has been| the British position in the contro- versy over atomic control. Molotov was not present at the committee meeting. For Concrete Inspection Austin later said definitely that the United States would offer con- crete inspection proposals when the | | Political Committee started work on the arms question. Acting on a five-nation demnd,l the Steering Committee decided to place the long-fought issue of Pranco Spain on the Assembly agenda and send it to the political Committee for action. The request that the issue be made a separate item on the agen- da came in a letter from the dele- gations of Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Norway and Venezuela in which these countries declared that out that trollers and other fisher- men in small-populated places were Inot included in the census report, {but nevertheless were justified in! their requests for air service. Mrs. Bernice Folger, accountant for the Petersburg Air Service, |testified that her company had 5 GOP Denver Rally : 3 Rousing Occasion < o, rer compacs v lated Southeast Alaska communi- Col, Oct. 31.—Repub- {ties during certain months. Publicity Director Ed| Asked by Hellenthal if her com- Hunter says the GOP last night at- jpany had ever worked toward ex- tracted the largest crowd ever t0:panding service to Sitka, she said attend a political rally in Denvei.ljt had not. Scme 2,000 persons turned out to| Economy Issue hear political speeches—and to get! acter repeated attempts to get nylons, soap powder, shorteningijnt, the record alleged evidence and white shirts, given away “ee:that CAB approval of Alaska Air- to 250 lucky ticket holders. {plane Charter Company’s applica- The Democrats at first planned tjon to fly Southeast Alaska char- to take court action against the ter trips and regular service to | Republicans on the ground that the |gjtkn would “materially affect and giving away of prizes was a viola- !tion of Colorado election laws. But then they decided not to, with the State Democratic Chairman saying :company, was allowed full stipula- | the Democrats had decided to wait |tion of the fact that the three until the GOP gave away a NeW |airlines protesting the applicant automobile, with Betty Grable, and company’s case have a “mutual then the Democrats would attend |agreement” whereby planes belong- | the San Jose by Western Chemical Industries Ltd. —————— DENVER, | lican State ' damage present economy of Alaska Coastal Airline’s flights”, Norman Banfield, counsel for the latter the rally, too. ling to Petersburg Air Service, Al- A e e T Y iaska Coastal Airlines, and Ellis, LONDON—Five Communist party | Airlines use facilities, repair ser- leaders were convicted today of{vices, and in the case of Peters- the squatter invaslons of London |{same ticket agents. | apartment buildings in September.! When Banfield was explaining this {he considered it important, in an Th w h- n ion|oii-the-record statement to Exam- e as l g ‘cant coungel, John Hellenthal in- terrupted with “Ill gladly stipulate ithe record.” | By DREW PEARSON After this had been done in full {late limftations to this statement. WASHINGTON—It was heralded |He said the “mutual agreement” the chief subject of discussion byland the cooperative plan had a ithe Cabinet was the threatened!written contract and was done on- the case. service possible. Actually, President Truman gave ' Benecke Examined |few brief seconds. He opened the thal during cross examination of Cabinet session by stating that,!Ben Benecke, ACA bookkeeper, had Krug was obsent irom the city, the ment that ACA had “always in-' !subje¢t of coal would be taken up tended to go into Sitka on a full- criminal conspiracy in organizing |burg Air and Alaska Coastal, the | . | iinformation, and the reasons why iner Raymond W. Stough, appli-| Merry & GO &5, Round!m Banfield’s entire statement for (detail, Mr. Stump asked to stipu- in the headlines last weekend that{had been approved by the Board coal strike. This, however, was not|ly to insure the most economical the impending coal strike only a| In an earlier session Mr. Hellen- since Secretary of the Interior|drawn from Benecke the state- :at another time: scale charter operation.” The “the attitude of the United Nations, Meanwhile, government lawyers counsel had followed the witness’ toward the regime in Spain is of great concern to members of the United Nations.” Some delegates privately consid- ered it significant of the state of United Nation'’s affairs that one of the most heavily applauded asser- tions in Austin’s American policy speech to the Assembly last night was this: “After the last war we (the United States) made the mis- take of disarming unilaterally. We shall not repeat that mistake.” Austin told Molotov and other, Assembly delegations that while he accepted Russia’s four-point pro- gram designed to speed world arms compacts “we cannot reduce arms merely by talking about it.” Wunmm-:chalrmm Ro- ger Slaughter, D., Mo, announced the House Surplus Committee will start an investigation Nov. 19 into proposed disposal by the govern- ment of the big and little inch pipelines. N !swtement with, “and because of {that you feel your company is en- Ititled to a monopoly of this route?” IMr. Stump objected and the ob- |jection was sustained. Hellenthal's cryptic comment had ‘followed Benecke's testimony that ACA now had a Sitka pilot in that city for special charter service. However, Assistant Secretary of |Asked when.the plane had been the Interior Warner Gardner, who stationed there, Benecke answered helped draw up the contract, claims that the service had been inaugur- that under its terms Lewis has no |ated in June, 1946. right whatsoever to call a strike. He “This had nothing to do withj| ! says privately that Lewis is merely the Alaska Airplane Charter Com- | 1coking for a chance to .cause em- Pany’s application for this route ‘bflrrusment on the eve of elec- just prior to that date” Benecke tions. The contract provides for said it had not. The date of the] discussion between Lewis and the AACC application for this rlght‘ government of technical matters Was Oct. 1945. only, not wages and hours. | Stockholders The technical matters Lewis has' One of the more surprising de- thrown into the government's face are, lirst, that the coal is weighed at the tipple after it is washed, (Continued on Page Four) jlare at odds over the interpretation of the contract John L. Lewis sign- ‘ed with the Interior Department last spring. Attorneys ior the Labor land Justice Departments are pri- vately critical of Interior Depart- ment lawyers. They say the coal contract is loosely worded and full of loopholes. | Alaska Airplane Charter Company,| while President Dean Goodwin ARRAIGN ASHBY, MURDER CHARGE; INQUEST VERDICT SAYS ALASKA 1S - 'DYING ON VINE'; - SIRIKE IS CAUSE A JUNEAU PROMISED - NEW SHIPPING LINE - FROM PR. RUPERT U. 5., CANAD STUDY TERMS | Thomas H. Ashby, r)('(ngmmrinn" SEATTLE, Oct. 31—In the belief H H who shot and killed Stanley Han-[of George Sundborg, General Man- OEAGREEMENI‘ Charles Smith WII’CS that ning after a midnight argumentjager of the Alaska Development ! H Chick home intoxicated Tuesday midnight, was arraigned this morn- ing before U. S. Commissioner Fe- lix Gray The charge, Assistant signed by application, today presented a sta-|District Attorney Robert Boochev-|just when our hopes for a num- lack of er, was murder in the first degree.!ber of really important new enter- y's attorney is Howard D. Stabler. The verdict of the coroner’s jury Airlines, who was recalled to the|after the inquest yesterday after- and A nocn was that Stanley Hanning died from “a bullet from a .38 S&W revolver fired through the the report showed that on north-|chest and iired by Thomas H. Ash- %0 Juneau after a by.” The inquest was conducted by Bocchever, and members of the corcner’s jury were John K. Mar- shall, James McNaughton, Harry I. Lucas, Henry M. Hogue, Gustaf E. Almquist and Emerr Parsons. Bocchever reported that Ashby's son, Chick Ashby, is not being held conduct - "CHRISTIAN HOME™ MISSION SUBJECT Northwest icial asset of the Pacifi roit of Govts. fo Be De-. Wil Start Service is “dying on the vine” becaus lof the shipping strike. e . | fi. ine shipring S et 'l Ciding Faclor'in Use of - |’ onanies gmith Frestdent or tne Alaska development is keenest and Juneau Merchants' Assc on w the Alaska Highway {has been in Seattle for {week, today sent the By HARRY T. MONTGOMERY telegram to Henry Hogue. OTTAWA, Ont, Oct. 31—A de-|of the Executive Board of cision on the dispute between the|sociation Secretary the As- |prises are brightest,” he said here |yesterday, “the extended tieup of | {all commerce between Puget Sound laska has caused potential| United States and Canada over; “Negotiations with Briggs Steam- | invest to take a new and less use of the Alaska Highway by|ship Company assure us permanent Ifriendly look.” American trucks is expected “with-{and satisfactory shipping arrange- erving i omplete in a day or two,” a high ments from Prince Rupert adian authority said today. all of Southeast Alaska The wording of the ‘nprrmu-m]dvin when I return on the highway” is a little am-; P. Briggs, President of the biguous, whether the intent of|Brigg Steamship Corporation, the agreements was to permit such:wrote letter, dated October 21 shipping, he said. |outlining the company’s plan for Senator ren G. Magnuson, Southeast Alaska operations. It D-Wash.) protested to the U. S.|Was directed to Jack Fletcher, and State Department several days ago|Was: turned over by Fletcher to He passed through here enroute six wecks tour (and visit to Alaska industrial pro- ljects in the States A relief ship is badly needed to meet the current situation but it will not solve the basic problem, |he said “Our great and rich Northern Empire isn't going to amount to Can- |at present in connection with the MUk until a radical solution of|(hat Canadian officials refused to|the Executive Board of the Juncau murder, but is in the City jail gnjie . transportation . situation 18]qjlow s of goods in bond: Merchants Association a charge of drunk and disorderly{fud § over the Alaska Highway from the| The letter stated that Briggs The shipping strike is only the ypited States and the U. S. Gov-|Steamship Corporation plans to put vessels in operation by April latest in a long series of disaD- ernment then took the matter up WO in pointments and frustrations Al-'\ith the Canadian Government. |1, 1947. They will be self-propzlled skans have undergone over the Iy an exchange of notes on|barges of approximately 250 tons 1 |yvears in trying to get their re- parch 17 and 18, 1942, the United | CAYBO capacity. completely refriger- combined cargo ca- two vessels would be sources to market, he added. Annual | States and Canada agreed to these'@ated i <t oo 3 among others, coveringPacity of the LEWIS MAY WIN ar use of the Highway:|21,000 tons, working on a “At the conclusion of the war schedule out of Prince Rupert, B Tonight at Memorial Presbyter- that part of the Highway whichjC. Briges suggested that one barge jan Church the Presbyterial pro- gram will feature the Christian Home as a theme. Speakers will be Mrs. Rosanna Roberts of Peters- burg, Mrs. Frank Price of Sitka, Mrs. Eiwood Hunter of Sitka and Mrs. Ed Freeman of Ketchikan. Miss Frances Paul will sing a solo at this popular meeting. The general public. is invited to attend. Presbyterial program for tomor- row at 2 pm. at the Northern Light and Memorial Presbyterian churches will be : The Bible Hour, with Mrs. Elwood Hunter; Duties of Officers, with Mrs, Ed Freeman of Ketchikan, Mrs. Frank Price of Sitka, Mrs. Rosanna Roberts of Petersburg and Mrs. Verne Swan- son of Craig. | The joint evening program at/pay for the 54-hour week. 7:30 o'clock in the Memorial Pres- byterian Church will feature a | dravage chs * & the right to Americans would notdrayage charges o . - >oe — { factual motion picture of m‘SS‘Ot’“ necessarily be diseriminatory. | Charles Smith, Merchants Asso- work 4n the leper field in Elat, |An answer to the second para-|ciation President, flew south last The general public is in- Frances Barlowe will sing. Africa. vited. owns 2,005 shares. Charles Tuckett, Secretary Treasurer, owns 2,500. There are numerous small stock- holders. | In describing the aims of his or- ganization for air service in South- east Alaska, Goodwin stated that he hoped to inaugurate a special accommodation whereby his planes would pick up portable tent camps and move them from site to site for the convenience of hunters. He added that he was particular- ly interested in furnishing perish- ables and other supplies for boats while fishing in isolated’ places dur- ing the summer. Shell Simmons, wellknown Alas- kan pilot and manager of Alaska Coastal Airlines, testified that the policy of ACA had always been di- | rected toward increased volume of sunny traffic with accompanying lower rates. He told of picking up indi- vidual passengers at remote spots, and under direct questioning from attorney Banfield told of an emer- gency flight in which he flew a dying man irom Hoonah to Juneau in 18 minutes. The large Grumman, one of two acquired this year, was used in this operation. The man m; ;‘:‘;“"f:u"‘;m:‘em?“‘c‘li‘:‘;ma;g Board's recommendation that thelusually so generous on th a Pl i, CiRaR legislative committee draw up a‘cular night are a was placed in the plane on stretcher, Mr. Simmons said. He also told of passenger-fare rates to many spots not on sched- uled runs. He mentioned in parti- cular lowered costs of trips to Lake Florence and Lake Hasselborg. In reference to the weekly sched- ! ule now maintained by Ellis and Alaska Coastal between Ketchikan and Sitka, the testimony showed that this service was coordinated with the arrival and departure of Canadian Pacific boats. The record of, and questioning testimony will now go to the CAB Board with the examiners’ recom- mendations. 5 Mr. Banfield who plans to leave he is away. arve Sitka, the other Skag- lies in Canada shall become in alljmight far terminus ef its run respects an integral pari/ of the W the he said, would average 20 - OUT COAL STRIKE o 'Canadian highway system, subject! Rates, WASHINGTCXN, Oct. 31 — Johnl {5 the understanding that there Percent lower than the existing L. Lewis appears certain today t0'gna) at no time be imposed any!freight rates from Seattle. But ac- cmerge a bigger winner than eVer gic.riminatory conditions in rela-|tual savings would be much more wita his forthcoming contract fight ;. to the use of the road as than just the cut in fre t Tat with ‘the Government. Negotiations' patween Canadian and United | The steamship company would of- jopen tomorrow morning on Lewis' giates civilian traffic,” and ifer a buying agency service, or if demand for a new contract for! .ppe Canadian Government buyers desired they could make his 400,000 AFL soft coal miners. | The Lewis is holding the whip hand as a result of the tacit but none- !theless real threat of another strike by the United Mine Workers. As a result, all signs point to eventual new Government conces- sions. The general expectation is that the Government may offer a | compromise calling for a ,reduced work-week at the current rate of ‘The |miners now receive overtime after 35 hours. agrees to waive import duties and ! Purchases individually divect transit or similar charges on ship-! pany service would buy direet ments originating in the United|from the Midwest, close fo the States and to be transported over 'source of goods. This procedure the Highway to Alaska or originat- {would eliminate the Seattle buyer ing in Alaska and to be transport- a middleman d over the Highway to the United| Goods would be gathered in ctn- States.” |tral points in pool ¢ geing In connection with the | paragraph quoted, 1t was pointed{in bond. The cars would be de- cut that Canadians are not per-|livered direct to the dock and un- mitted to ship in bond over Can-|loaded directly into the barges adian highways, so that refusal of {thus eliminating warchouse & s 10-day ' first | through Canada to Prince Rupert! RELIEF SHIP FOR ALASKA HITS NEW SNAG SHIP READY, CONDITIONS MADE OVER Earlier Agrééfient on Sail- ing Status Is Changed- Looks Like Long Strike SEATTLE, Oct. 31.—Attempts to scnd another relief ship to Alaska hit new stumbling blocks today as the Maritime Commission desig- nated a vessel but imposed condi- tions differing from the agreement rcached earlier between reiief agen- s and the unions. Licut. Comdr. Edward P. Chester, Jr., Navy Alde to Alaska’s Gov- erncr, directing efforts to obtain the ship, said he hoped to get a prompt meeting of all parties in- volved. 3 The ci Maritime Commission an- nounced here approval of the mo- torship Grommet Reefer, a 5,000~ ton refrigerator-dry cargo ship, to make the trip under these condi- ticns “The cargo shall be received, ded and discharged and the ship d under conditions of em- ployment and wage rates prevailing Sept. 30, 1946 “Return ca'go suificient to guar- witee the vessel against financial loss for the round voyage shall be lcaded at Alaskan ports and dis- charged at destination.” Agent Designated The Alaska Steamship Company was designated to handle the ves- se). which 15 to sail to Kodiak and ports kack along the Alaskan coast isclated by the maritime stril Recently the Cordova was permit- ted to go to Nome as a relief ship, but unions charged this week 1t was loading commercial cargo at perts cn its return in violation of agreement. The Alaska Steamship Ccmpany denied such loading was a violation. Last week, in attempts to get a’ second relief ship approved, Com- mander Chester, Mayor Willilam F. Devin and J. J. Lichtenwalner, members of a relief committee, signed an agreement with the CIO- Ncrthwest Committee for Maritime Unity which provided: “Any ship used for the above DALMA HANSON graph might be that it was meant | !to apply to building materials and ! DIES SUDDENLY oth supplies in connection with | !construction of the Highway. { AF'ER S‘IROKE It was stated today, however | that the intent of the two Go ernments in drawing up the notes would be the determining In this connection, the Associat- cd Pre informed by an of- ficial with the drawing Miss Dalma Hanson, one of Ju- neau's best known school teachers whose friends were numbered by the hundreds, passed away early this afternoon at St. Ann's Hos- pital, following a stroke suffered :bout midnight last night while s was walking down Seward Sireet. She was carried into the ome of Mrs, Charles G. Warner n an unconscious state, i a doctor was immediately s moned |Upon arrival of the doctor, she |was taken to the hospital, still in the unconscious state from which she never recovered, according to !the attending physician's report. | Miss Hanson, whose cheerful, disposition and optimistic |outlook on life were as tonics to all who came in contact with Her, 1had taught in the Juneau Schools |, for 21 years, retiring at the close| The Rev. traced the services familiar his understanding that ments as those now d Fe permiited - Ci{AMBER (CMMER(CE REQUESTS ENDING RELIEF SHIPS NTRTH (Ll The Rev. Karl Tiedemann, who is | conducting a Mission at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church here, ,spcke before members of the Ju- |neau Chamber of Commerce oon. ich ship- uted were and factor. | up of the agreements that it was! this ' namcd purpeses shall return from Alaska in ballast, which ballast shail be ¢f a non-revenue ‘type.” ‘The agreement also provided the crew chcsen to operate the ship must be “satisfactury to both the CMU and operators.” Cecmmander Chester micrmed the condit Maritime € week to Seattle for conferznces ‘with Briggs and a representative from the Ketchikan merchants. It will not be known until he returns to Juneau how soon the service {will actually be inaugurated, but local merchants are hoping for an ‘Parly start. § sald "TRICKS OR TREAT . MAY SUFFER FROM SHIPPING STRIKE and kids may iroam the streets tonight in the tra- ditional Hallowe'en manner, and !the city police are repeating the warning that while innocent pranks by the kids will be quite in order, I no vandalism will be dondoned. But the custom of “Tricks Treats” wholeheartedly adopted by ithe Juneau youngsters may suifer a slight setback, what with the ! maritime strike holding up deliv- eries on everything, and the sub- iin Commis- , B4 he Alaska ccoming desperate.” His stalf, pre- o, list, b mater- uation is Goblins, ghosts critical ANOTHER BARRIER oF SEATTLE, Oct. 31.—Burt Nelson, local chai:man for the commitice {or Mantime Unity, said today U organization awaited clarificatior of an AFL union request that the CMU withdraw picket lines irom ofg:;e school iy:m' last 1‘;‘“{’; & _|traditional background of thesequent high prices of such things i ‘;’,:‘; Lad "“:Pelf“’ 1'” ‘;1 church, and illustrated his talk|as apples and oranges. There is a atio ors W he class with a number of graphic episodes. definite shortage of candies, and vessels and port not under contract to CIO unions in this state. As soon as we know what the 11945, many of whom were her DU~ = p¢ tne pusiness session announce- pils in the primary grades. She itribum paid by both the faculty |and students. | The sudden death of Miss Han- son came as a great shock to her Ifriends and acquaintances, all of {whom feel a real personal loss. | After her retirement from the teaching profession, Miss Hanson later joined the staff of the B. M. Behrends Bank, and was em- iployed there at the time of her |death. She seemed to be in per- (fectly normal health and spirits at her work yesterday, according to associates there. She was born June 19, 1889, in | Grafton, North Dakota. One sister, | Miss Nellie D. Hanson residing in |Grafton, survives. She was in velopments of the hearing was that for Seattle shortly asked that Mr.|; ..o, this last summer visiting Tom White, Vice-President of the| Stump be allowed to take over his|; .. sister legal service for Alaska Coastal in| f owns 4550 shares of the company case there should be a need while|\w Carter Mortuary, pending fun-|©f knowing yet what might be done eral arrangements. The remains are at the Charles ment was made of the Executive | suitable resolution for sending re- gular relier ships to Alaska. Members voted unanimously to get action underway toward nego- |tiating on the steamship strike. | Letters recommending that all ef- forts possible be extended toward | stopping the strike will be sent out | to various interested persons. | All schools and places of business will be requested to close in com- memoration of Armistice Day Mon- |day, according to a resolution adopted by the chamber. — .- — 1 | WASHINGTON—President Tru- |man is studying the recent break |in the cotton market, but Press | Secretary Charles G. Ross said he expected no White House action today. Ross said there is no way lto bolster cotton prices. re is, we’ll give them an answer,” Nelson said. jccokies are not as plentiful as in the past. So the adults Wh:a;:,lx(j Tl?" request was made by the 18 the young- Moaritime Trades Council. sters to please be a bit lenient with | Spokesmen said the prire pur- their “tricks” if the expected PS¢ Was to free foreign and AFL- | “treats” are not forthcoming. manned vessels from the east coast { eE e L in the Port of Tacoma, where AFL longshoremen have full jurisdiction, and to protect contract agreement negotiated by AFL waterfront fore- men and others in Seattle and other Washington ports. The AFL union also interjected another possible barrier in the path of Alaska relief ships by asi- FUEL OIL IS LOST IN 'NOME FLOOD, STORM NOME, Alaska, Oct. 31. — Fifty {thousand gallons of fuel oil was Hy Joat: by the - Nortbarn -Light andii0F, bt sush ‘vessels be SRS |Power Company when a storage| by involved AFL locals before being | tank valve broke during last week—”daued' end’s storm and subsequent flood- ing, company officials estimated to- TO TIGHTEN “FREEZE" SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31.—The day. Y X S y | west coast shipping tieup entered I 4 its second month today as the WASHINGTON — The White conmictee for Maritime Unity House announces settlement of the three-week old Washington hotel strike. Terms are not annocunced. warned longshoremen and licensed " (Continued on Page To)