The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 29, 1947, Page 1

° HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ——— - — VOL. LXVI,, NO. 10,720 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS 1947 PRICE TEN CENTY s e — COORDINATE SEARCH FOR MISSING PLANE (UB FLIERS AT SHEMYA FROM JAPAN Ireacherous~N0r1h Pacific Crossed Safely-Future Plans Announced ADAK, Alaska, Oct. 29.—#— The treacherous North Pacific crossing lay behind globe-circling pilots Clifford Evans and George Tru- man and their tiny planes today The long Aleutian chain, Cradle of Storms,” lay ahead. The two former Army fliers and their 100-horsepower Cub planes landed at Shmeya at 5:35 p. m, (PST) 8:35 p. .m (EST) last night after a flight of 13 hours, 28 min- utes from Nemuro Airfield, on nertheastern Hokkaido Island, Japan. The distance is about 1500 miles. Shemya is 420 miles west of here. The two asked for -food and a chance for some sleep and that arrangements be made to talk with their wives in New York after landing. Domestic and international ama- teur radio hams who have helped handle such conversations when they were in Japan were to try to arrange the conversations Navy Assists about two and of rough weather half faced Only a hours them on the Pacific crossing, they' said. A Navy BPY sent out from the Aleutians to meet them and take over the escort from Flying Fortresses - assigned by the Far Eastern Air Force to accompany them from Japan. Their planned next stops, the Army Signal Corps at Shemya re- ported, will te at Amchitka, Adak, Fort Glenn and Anchorage, most northern point of their plotted 11,350-mile world flight. Truman, 39, Los Angeles, and Evans, 26, Washington, D. C., left Teter- boro, N. J, last August 10 on leisurely world flight. Fortress Escort With severe storms frequent at this latitude at this season, two Flying Fortresses were ordered along as escorts by the Far East- ern Air Force when the planes left Japan early yesterday. Other stops on their world flight and dates they were there include London, Aug. 28; Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 9; and Shanghai, Oct. 9. Their planes each has a 26-hour fuel capacity. The W ash'i'iiigton‘ “The | a | Seven-Year-0ld Boy Is Left $10,000 forBeing rrand Boyfo Neighbor fie McNamara, the elderly neighbor | BULLETIN ‘Washington, tTRADE pA(TS | UNION CENTER, Wis, Oct. 29. | | woman for whom he ran errands. | | Mrs. McNamara's will, filed in| | Oct. 29.—P—The Democratic Naticnal Committee today sel- ; : e —P—Rich dividen sw.oou--wm;UnammOUSIY Elected as be paid to seven year old Ronny | Markee for his Kindness to Mrs. Ef- Successor to Hannegan Who Has Resigned | Vernon County Court at Virogua | | yesterday, disclosed she divided her | | | $22,000 estate in half, one share ; - | | gomg to Ronny and the other to| teted Philadelphia for the par- | . the caretaker at the McNamara| ty's 1948 National Convention. home. | Ronny, the youngest of four Tariff Agreements Arrang- | cuicren of ‘air. andt srs. Loey L. | WASHINGTON, Oct. 29—P— Senator J. Howard McGrath of | Markee, will receive his share with- |Rhode Island was unanimously | ad with Fiffeen Nations |, e e o Moy | elccted today as the new chairman | . | Jordan, attorney for the McNamara |Of the Democratic National Com- | Indudlng U. S | estate. He estimated it would am- | mittee. He succeeds Postmaster | | ount to $10,000. General Robert E. Hannegan who | By TOM WILLIAMS | | LONDON, Oct. 29—i®—Harold Tl g | resigned the post because of ill health. | Wilson, President of the Board of | RUMANIA Trade, announced today that Bri- | {tain has negotiated tariff agree- | includ- | I N D | (T S DR. MANIU |ments with fifteen nations, ling the United States. Is Charged with Conniving with U. S. fo Bring Details of the new pacts, he told | Intervention ! spiration of confidence. He has ;l]u‘ Commons, will ke published sl-! multaneously in the various coun- | tries in about three weeks. { i “We have been particularly con- | {cerned to secure reductions in the| | tariifs of other countries, including | the United States, which would | provide an immediate opportunity | |of increasing our dollar exports,”| i BUCHABEST Rumama‘.OCtv 20— grasped the reins of world leader- #—A Military Tribunal indictment ship, he has spread the spirit of | reductions “only in return for con- |?ccused Dr. Jullu Mantu, aged lead- | ;,q,ghporliness and good will among | cessions which we consider -equiva- | <% _Of the opposition National Pea- |, q¢ions that are composed of men llent in terms of- the trade thereby |2nt Part, today of conniving with ' o¢ gooq will. He is the beacon opened up to us.” 1. S repressntaui\«cs and jsmv)llfl light to which Democratic coun- | "The new trade pacts will be in- |0 Pring about forsiggdutervention yes jook for guidanch*into, the ! cluded in a final act of agreement 0 Rumania. ‘ bar harbors of peace and security.” | Eighteen of Maniu's associates al- % - | o) The lengthy indictment asserted that a letter from Dean Acheson, i |former U. S. Undersecretary of | State, had been found in Maniu's | secret files and that the letter dis- | (RA KED aded Maniu from using violence at this moment.” Wilson said. at t Geneva Trade Conference so were on trial. They had been t | | The letter was alleged to have | He declared the United States tomorrew, Wilson disclosed, addin under @r¥est sinof summer but | been in reference to. a meeting in | ! April of Maniu and Burton Y. Ber- | iry, U. S. Minister to Rumania. he committee, on 11948 national convention later the day, received Hannegan's r nation with regret mally submitted in the resignation, tacking the Republican in the last Congress. month, is a former U. S. Solicitor General and Governor of his state. In accepting the post, he lauded Mr. Truman's work. He said: “With much of the world living iin fear, and discouragement, Harry MORE MO VIE | | i He said Britain had agreed to the | I rests). ~ IN CONTEMPT They Just Will Not Tell | About Whether They Are Communists or Not WASHINGTON, Oct. Producer Adrian Scott and Director ! had made concessions in return for | reductions in British tariffs and for “We have given special attention ! . .ot were not specified until !to the need for the easier access of mé‘; 5 et | The indictment alleged that 75- { year-cld Maniu asked Berry whe- i rediction or elimination of Im- | perial preferences. :E‘L’Li‘::a]rna‘;;i‘??‘“ to the United | ".1po ynited States had protested ) S i twice to Rumania about the ar- (Street Fights Take Place | ! ther the party should use violence ! iee Ig fs aKe P ace iand that the U. S. representative | MGRATHIS Bad Weather PreventsPlanes PILOT'S SON CHAIRMAN, From Reaching Wreckage of lJOINS SEARCH DEMO.COM. AircraftLostin Inferior Alaska MISSING SHIP { | | i H apparently bent | of State and Senate President were selecting Philadelphia for its overdue on a private plane flight . planes which started a search for Hannegan for- ! them \ announced weeks ago, after virtual- | Srell, Secretary ly calling on President Truman to|S. Farrell Jr. Senate President run for election in 1948 and at- |Marshall Cornett and pilot Clift leadership | Hogue took off from here last night McGrath, who will be 44 next|landing field, an hour’s flying time { Air idered into the air by Commander |8, Truman has become a great in- | nett as President of the Senate be- |ing first in line for the succession - WRITERS ARE 'sail from Seattle, October 30, for Cther 29.—(A— | ARMY HAS 5 PLANES INSEARCH Fish and Wfdlife, Forest Surface Craft Are Of- fered in Service | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 29.— M-—-Bad weather turned an Army | helicopter pilot and two commercial | fliers back yesterday in attempts to reach plane wreckage, feared to be | from a plane in which four men | Ketchikan to Help are missing, in the Birch Creek . M Wesley Monsen, PAA Co-| Oregon'’s Gov., Pl et ot e Officials On Overdue Plane ) Search for hfl;s ing Craft Stopped by Poor Weather KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Oct. 29. —I(P—Oregon's Governor, Secreta today and bad weather grounded The carrying Gov. Earl of State Robert | plane and failed to reach Coleman Lake this morning when Cornett reported the plane due, six landed at Lakeview airport and were unable to take off again in the rain and low-hanging clouds. Planes of the Oregon Guard’s 123rd Fighter were turned back to Portland after being unable to penetrate through to this southern Oregon region. McChord Field, Wash., dispached three planes here this morning The missing cfficials are the top group in Oregon's government. Cor- ! Hugh M: Tolley Rambler scheduled Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat, Port Chief. San Juan, Seward, Seldovia nnd‘. ilier and son ‘of Ernest Patty, Sr.|fly north to join in the intensive | ajaoka with headquarters for their from Woodchopper, Alaska, Satur-|plane piloted by his father. |approximately eight hours per mining concern headed by his fath- | team, was reported preparing in|plane and its 18 occupants. the time of their departure did not)lhfl‘ pilot Alf N. Monsen, veteran|is being covered by five U. 8. Air son, who said he saw no sign of lence prevented his scheduled land-'in this area, is being jointly di- j frequently as a co-pilot with his |Jackson, of the U. 8. Air Forces; ' | RESPE(I oIHERS ycan’s Alaska service for iour years, | Guard. | The search of the rugged Smnh-‘ Yesterday, planes in this area branches of the arme services have ranged from 4,000 to 10,000 east. N Chief of Police Milo Clouse to voiunteer Fary Out |ings have been reported to be ap- that he s in favor of the young- !sland beaches south of A-nette for| .y .0 enoed” tnis afterncon and_ private property. { The party, including Fan Amar-"mae of..the, .missing s o sk |that many other a chief pointed out, and measures GUATd vessel for the island-comb & o pon s Ko is the tneory that the missing clipper |y lagainst the law to destroy, deface might have gone down in the Water |taining constant radio contact with be naled into Police Court to ans- clues on Annette. ist of three B-17 Flying Fort- Extra Policemen will be on seen last night on Hotspur Island. used to drop supplies and Para- to the governorship. Second in line mum although Hallowe'en offi- and intermittent rain. !Field by the 10th Air Sea Rescue R ST O R {“take it easy” on the usual “trick: halt yesterday but not before more iment of Paratroopers, Mountain |The Chief explained that the check of reported flares, smoke and [tavus and will be flown to the attle, in port. . children should not also participated in the search necessary rescue and medical equip- ning: | “Have lots of good, clean mn-”fiugc on an Annette Island hiilside, ! ]ph\:lous planes to the search Kodiak. @e e e > e w® @ 8O ®iundfive crewmen, vanished Sunday to this, the Forset Service has turn- i area 65 miles northeast of here. | KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Oct. 20—| geven plane: ; { S s are opera: Ernest Patty, Jr, former Army | (P—A pilot's son prepared today to|ne nort:em sector axp SBourl)rswn‘s’: former Dean of the University of search for the 18 persons missing|part of the search at 2 Y \ ek the Juneau Alaska School of Mines, took off ,on a Pan-American World Airw »‘S‘Ahpol'l, The planes are averaging day, Merle and Lloyd Edmundson, Wesley Monsen, co-pilot in a rare {qay each in flying time in their and Jack Warren, employees in the | father-son commercial airline flying |efforts to find the missing PAA er, were with him. Seattle to fly to Annette Island,| The sector, which takes in all The message received here at it was from the Annette vicinity of the area north of Petersburg, give their destination.The wreckage 'Alaska flier made his final radio |Force planes and two U. S. Fish was sighted by pilot George Thor- report Sunday that extreme turbu- |and Wildlife planes. The search life, 1ing there |rected by Bob Thorp, PAA Juneau RSB i € 3 O The 25-year-old airman has fiown | Operations Manager; Major T. J. (H".D E“ ASKED !father over the Seattle-Juneau|and Lieut. Comdr. Edward P. route. He has been in Pan Ameri- |Chester, Jr, of the U. S. Coast v east Alaska area continued today |Were limited to a maximum ceiling FOR HAllOWE EN by air, land and sea, with all Of 6000 feet, but today, ceilings ki s | participating feet over most of the area, except Parents were asked today by {from Petersburg south where ceil- Of eight planes of the Klamath warn their children to behave wise- "k voluntess ““"‘-‘(’i left today 10 proximately 2,500 feet, by ! S ot . g make a concentrated search of the Search and Rescue Unit, or- ly on Hallowe'en Clouse said Admiralty Island Search sters having fun but emphasized px?:»sfl)l'e evidence of tke missing that Admiralty Island has that they should respect public CliPper. |been completely covered w".hmx’; High school aged children are lCan and Civil Aeronautics Admin- ', usually the worst offenders, the istration personnel, boarded a Coast [ it Asube e salls ';‘:""r:" ; o | main National ‘should be taken by parents to ing after search leaders "‘p"”“"d,prythlnz passible is being done. Squadron | impress upon them that it searching planes are mnm-‘ lor remove private or public prop- South of Annette, where it last re- nheadquarters. erty. He said that parents will ported. Ground crews also sought' The five Air Force planes con- wer the charges if their children Searchers also were sent to in-'regses with lifcboats | resses attach are found breaking the law. vestigate a report that a light was'two C-47 transports which e\»‘3'111.'?;‘: duty both Thursday and Friday, Rumors Are Checked |troopers if necessary. These planes Inights to keep damage to a mini-| Visibility was limited by clouds |were sent here from Elmendorf is John Hail of Portland, Speaker cially falls on Friday night Inclement weather brought the|Squadron. of .the House. | Youngsters were also asked m‘uorml search to an almost complete . The Army has sent a detach- SIEAMERM v EH“ ‘or treat” question placed to m;.my;than a score ot: large and small Troops and a Medical Officer to | home-owners every Hallowe’en. planes had carried out a fruitless the area. They are based as Gus- Freighter Ring Splice, from Sc_"pxice of Iru‘u and candy has in-.strange objects. ‘crash scene as soon as it is located. |creased considerably in recent years — Close to a score of surface craft |They are stocked with all of the Alaska, from Seattle, scheduled and that the to arrive Friday afternoon or eve- be excessive in their demands. without success. Reports of wreck- ! ment which will be needed. i ve L i F&WL Planes Coastal to be said, “but maintain respect forimade by a Coast Guard cutter, was| The Fish and Wildlife Service people’s right,” says the reported by Pan American to have (has turned over two SeaBee Am- been a large rock. | pOTRRORINS < S S | The plane, carrying 13 passengers Plus five patrol boats. In addition Sword Knot scheduled to 53,1‘: * WEATHER l{hl’()ig'l‘ ¢ after pilot Alf N. Monsen reported OVver the services of five boats and from Seattle October 31. o Temperature for 24-Hour ® extreme turbulence turned him many other small boats are also realized that this was an "osentiall | question” which he would refer to! Police Authorifies | Washinston. ! The indictment asserted that! Merry - Go-Round ! Between Communisfs, By DREW PEARSON ‘v WASHINGTON--When President Truman called in Capitol Hill lead- | — Maniu , misinformed Berry of the ers to explain his decision to sum-| PARIS, Oct. 29—(®—Unofficial political situation in Rumania and mon a special session of Congress.!Coulllsbflf the number injured in.gemanded that the United States oné of his arguments WAS supplledHaSt night’s bloody, head-cracking | gnould send diplomatic notes, which by a Commerce Department chart. street fight between Communists jater came. It showed trends of prices and ex- |and Paris police ranged today from AR T ports in recent months. 340 to 300. i Giving his “classroom” of Sena- The riotous street brawling, al-,FII(H,S DEAIH WAS ACCIDENT, tors and Congressmen a lecture on |most a riot, the first major political living costs, Truman pointed to meist}'bfl battling in Paris since the‘ “price lin It disappeared at Lhe‘bmer conflicts of 1936, occurred top of the chart. Meanwhile, ex- }only a few hours after Premier Paul ports showed a definite decline. | Ramadier opened his government’s “A lot of people believe that the : fight for life in the National As- less we ship abroad for relief, the | sembly, summoned into special ses- lower prices will be at home,” the |sion to deal with France's vexing | President commented as he passed political and economic problems. the chart over to Senator Taft., Communists estimated to number “However, the opposite is now true, | about 35,000 responded to a call in as you can see. Our exports have |their newspaper L'Humanite to actually gone down in the last sey- | break up an anti-Communist meet- eral months, yet domestic prices ing in the Place d’Etoile, sponsored> have increased.” by former Senator Gustave Guath- “I suggest, Mr. President,” inter- | €rot. rupted Taft, “that you give us com-| They beseiged the meeting place and broke through three police lines parable figures on the increase in wages.” {and a wooden barricade before po- The President replied that wages |lice drove them off the meeting, are lagging behind, a statement |attended by about.1500 persons, that Taft promptly challenged with |Was held and ended early today. some figures of his own. { Estimates of the number injured Louis G. Puls of the Reclamation Truman then went on to point|ranged in the Paris press to as Bureau, and L. N. McClellan of out that increased prices were sole- |high as 150 on each side. An otfi-lDenver are registered at the Bar- ly responsible for the increased cial police statement said eight of-|anof. cost of relief to Europe. The origin- | ficers had been hurt. | al estimate of funds needed to car-| A number of photographers were SEATTLE VISITORS WRANGELL, Alaska, Oct. 29.—(® ac- river Customs agent, shot himself cidentally while aboard the boat Hazel B 3. Five companions reported that (Fitch went below decks alone. A short time later a shot was heard rand he was found dead. Reports made by witnesses indi- Icated it was a case of suicide. - D .FROM COLGRADO - Edward Dmytryk became No. 7 and | Princess Louise scheduled to sail|® Period Ending 7:30 &8'Clock @ !away jrom a icheduled landing at No. 8 today on the list of movie from Vancouver Priday at 9 p.m. This Morning Annette Island. iigures cited for contempt by the | Denali scheduled to sail from Se- ® In Juneau--Maximum, 49; M b House Committee on un-American gttle Saturday at 10 a.m. e mmnimum, 41. Activities. | Jumper Hitch, scheduled to sail ® At Airport—Maximum, 46; taking part in the search. Constant Watch regularly scheduled airlines in this area are maintaining con- All NOT SUICIDE -~A coroner’s jury decided yester-| day that Frank Fitch, Canadian qujre that I answer that question,” ! | Called as witnesses in the commit- | tee's investigation of Communism lin Hollywcod, they refused direct |answers to questions whether they !are or have been Communists. | scott, 36-year-old producer “Crossfire,” declined - even of to say | whether hé was a member of the' 1Scrcen Writers Guild. | “I don’t think that's a proper | question.” Like those who had preceded him, Dmytryk took the stand that !the committee had no right to in- | quire into his political beliefs. he declared. | Befcre calling Dmytryk, the com- |stock today is 4%, American Can e since '88, Anaconda 34%, Curtiss-Wright e | 14%, “The constitution does not re- Steel 77%, Pound $4.08%. | from Seattle Nov. 6 for Ketchikan, Juneau and Seward. Baranof, from West, southbound Sunday. STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 29. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine scheduled 5%, International Harvester 887, Kennecott 46':, New York Central Northern Pacific 19%, U. S. Sales today were 1,130,000 shares. Averages today are as follow: industrials 183.07, rails 49.57, utili- mittee had bumped up against the ties 35.21. same attitude and voted contempt |'citaticns agains these: Herbert Biberman, producer and | director. | (Continued on Page Etoht) - - FISH LANDINGS The Wanderer, under Sandy Stevens, brought Captain in 5,500 Writers Samuel Ornitz, Dalton!pounds of king salmon for Sebas-| ltian Stewart yesterday. l ry needy Europeans through March 31, 1948, was $580,000,000, the Pres- ident explained. Now it is $642,000,- 000 and, he added grimly, it may go higher unless Congress does some- thing about prices. “We've got to remember that the nigher prices go, the greater our (Continued on Page Four) injured in the melee, many of them | Capt. and Mrs. Floyd Nelson and | being clouted by police. {son of Seattle are staying at the| o AT i £ A L, “Baranoi, Capt. Nelson is with thefi‘ AT THE BARANOF | Army ship Collin McKinney. I Members of the 10th Rescue 3 203 08 S is in to achieve a “new look” coif- Squadron from Fort Richardson | COOTIES TO MEET fure, says the Hollywood Hairstyl- and Elmendorf Field are making There will be a special meeting!ists Guild. their headquarters at the Baranof of the Military Order of the Coo-| Loose, fluffy hair of the long bob Hotel, while aiding in the search tie tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in'must be groomed smoothly, closely for the missing PAA Clipper. the Jeep Club. to the head, with rolls over the ears LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29.—®—The upsweep is out and the sidesweep "New Look” Coiffure Is | Announced by Stylists e minimum, 40. . WEATHER FORECAST . . | placed by attorney M. E. Monagle. .lADIES' NIGHI IS [stant waten' over ' their fogulat ° |routes for any evidence of a crash. with lowered temperatures Thorp also reported today that Oct. 1, 1059 inches; ® {American Airways, was shown at the plane five days or more. The hin. s 0.0 W 80w oo & .{mh included plans for a ‘“Ladies flares. |damages today in U. S. Lnsmctic Richards of Whitehorse, who asked that the public discount all |he had sold to them on a condi- |Chicago, where he will attend the oy i A AT HOTEL JUNEAU las judges in the Workmanship | plete search of the Lake Hasselborg » | |They have also volunteered to.de- (Juneau mnd Vieinity) plANNED AI MEEI | tour from their courses in the event Partly cloudy tonight and /that a lead should be furnished Thursday. Colder tonight or KIWAMS ('_U /to them. near ireezing. the missing Clipper carries the ! PRECIFITATION Aoy usual two days emergency rations @ (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. today) ® Wing’s Over Alaska” a Techni-'for 40 people. He estimate. tha* e In Juneau — .17 inches; e [color movie produced by Pan these ‘will last the 18 occupants c! i since July 1, 4166 inches. the meeting of the Kiwanis Clubplane is also equipped with ths ° At Alrport — .02 inches; e jDeld this noon in the Gold Room usual emergency equipment such e since Oct. 1, 531 inches; e !of the Baranof Hotel. as a Yukon stove, tents, blankets, ® since July 1, 27.13 inches. o [' Business discussed at the meet- rifles, lanterns, life jackets, and -e> Night” which will be held next| He expressed the opinion that SR Wednesday evening at 6:30 o'clock the plane may be down in some SUES FOR $4,000 lin the Gold Room of the Baranof area which searching planes have Earl Crass filed suit for $4,000 'Hotel. A letter was read from T. not yet been able to cover. He | Court against James L. Beem, E. A. is Lt. Governor of the Alaska |rumors "and accept only the offi- ! Hildebrand and George G. Case for | Yukon Territory Kiwanis District.|cial statements released by PAA, iwhat he alleged to be damage to |Richards plans to visit the Ju- the Coast Guard and the Air the boat Gambier which he saidineau club after his return from Forces ticnal sales contract. The suit wss!Kiwams National Convention in HASSELBORG REPORT November, The Alaska Coastal Seabee, pilot- James McClellan, Eck Guerin and ed by Marvin Fenster, returned late Earl Bost were appointed to serve| yesterday afternoon after a com- D. Sudman of Juneau ha-jlflk' {Model Contest which will be spon- River and Fresh Water Falls area. en quarters at the Hotel Juneau. i.sured on November 10 by Steve's| Fenster reported that he saw no RS Hobby Shop. | sign of the missing PAA plane. FROM PORT ALEXANDER | Guests at today's meeting were This flight was made after a hal- Roy A. Palmer of Port Alexander joe George and 115 registered at the Hotel Juneau. | quist. or a sidesweep to make it appear| - H shorter, said Comer Syprett, Guild| FROM SAN FRANCISCO | Président. | Frederick Short of 8an Fraucisco The new feminine silhouette, he is staying at the Gastineau. explained, dictated the new hair-do - eee—— ~“we have created hairstyles which | FROM FONTANA, CALIF. compliment these narrower waists,} Jeanne Dremdy of Fontana, Calif., full skirts and moditied ahoulders."li.s stopping at the Gastineau. Leonard Holm- | ibut boat, Escapade, of Sitka con- tacted by the Coast Guard Cutter — el —— Wachusett reported that a hunt- FROM WHITEHOR: {ing party from Sitka heard a loud Kenneth Albright of Whitehorse | crashing noise in that area at ap- is registered at the Baranof. | proximately 3 o'clock Sunday af- Rt s S | ternoon. HERE FROM SITKA 1 Dave:: Wativéae, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Holstein “” Sitka are registered at the Baranof. Empire reporter (Continued on Fage i‘wn:,