The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 18, 1947, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” e VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,762 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1947 MhMBER ASSOCIATF D PRESS PRICE, TEN CENTS INCOME TAX CUTTING BILL INTRODUGED PROPAGANDA ATC Will Carry European OF RUSSIA Contribufions from Alaska SPLIT MEET To Seaftle Free of Charge GO TO PRISON5 INMIDPACIFIC British Foréidfi Secrefary | Bevin Makes Charges Against Soviets ALEX SINGLETON By LONDON, Foreign Secretary Ernest Bev aid today Russia’s “hostile propaganda” during the London Conference of the Big Four Foreign Ministers Council had “made it impossible to | get to grips with the fundamental principles involved.” In a formal report to the Housv“ of Cemmons, Bevin also charged that Soviet opposition to participa- | tion by her nexghhmmg countries in the Marshall Plan “is violating | the free choice of free states and is | an interference with their independ- | ence and sovereignty.” Just as he told So Minister V. M. Molotov himself ne: Foreign § the close of the talks Monday, Bevin | reported to the House that we' were met with a number of long speeches { and unjustified and false accusa tions.” Bevin said since its creation,” alternated between carrying out its original purpose of drafting tr for submission to a peace conference “unfortunateiy, ever and “being used for entirely differ- | ent purpose “There is no doubt that this has ! created despondency in the world,” Bevin said. He asserted that any government ! to be set up in Germany must be representative “and not a tool in the hands of the occupying powers.” In discussing reparations — the immediate issue upon which the conference collapsed — Bevin said | that the Western Powers could not be expected to commit themselves without having all the facts on the Russian zone of occcupation. — e SEATTLE (ONTRACTOR INVESTIGATES SITKA SANATORIUM;MAY BID Henrick Valle, Seattle contractor, arrived here yesterday and left this morning for Sitka to check up on the propcsed new tuberculosis san- itorium there. It is possible that he will bid for the construction contract. Valle was the contractor for the new Goldstein building, the Hoonah housing project and the Channel Apartments. He plans to - SEATTLE VISITOR C. F. Kodere, of Seattle, stered at the Baranof The Wasnmgion: Merry - Go-Round, by LUREW PEARSON WASHINGTON — One of of American Ambassadors is the big St. Paul shipbuilder, Bob But- ler, U. S. envoy to Australia. Also: he is one of the unhappiest. In fact, he is so unhappy that he would be quite willing to swap posts and become U. S. envoy to the Court of St. James. he would even compromise for Mexico City or Havana. Ambassador Butler is unhappy because diplomacy just ain't what it's cracked up to be—at least not for him, in Australia. In short, he finds it without fanfare or glit- ter, even just plain dowdy and dull. And thereby hangs.a sad, sad story of an American businessman turned loose in the Elysin fields of diplomacy, desperately trying to make a boring job unboring. His efforts to dress up the job have been Herculean—but to no avail. One of his first was to decree that The Star-Spangled Banner be played by Embassy loudspeakers every morninng at sunrise in Can- berra. The idea sent shivers down the spine of career diplomat H. Earle Russell. Not only does the diplomatic game require late sleep- (Continued on Page Four) Dec. 18. — (®—British | the council has | return | to Juneau at the end of the week.| is regi- | the | most well-meaning but left-handed | Failing this, | BULLETINS WASHINGTON — The head of the Securities and Exchange Ccm- Dec. 18 —Otfer- ans a chance to make butions to the cargo of goods to b nt to needy Europe from Seattle, The Alaska Ans- | portation Company today an- nounced that its vessels will bring SEATTLE ing all Al direct cc { mission, James J. Caffiey, resign- all Alaskan contributions to w-: led today. Caffrey told Presdent attle without charge. i Truman in a letter of resignation| The Grommet Reefer, now load- Jthut he was quitting b use of ing in Anchorage, will be the first | what he termed “family responsi- ATC ship to load the free ship- bility which I can no lcnger ig-|ments, S. J. Swanson, .vice-presi-| \nore.” Caffrey will eater private dent, said Besides Anchorage, | practice of law in New York City the Grommet Reefer wi call at | 4 Southeastern Alaska pol HOMS: L= IConuTunih . proyoxed | | Ik aOlegram iy i Maritime | cemeral strikes collapsed foday in | Commission, the company last night | Palermo and Catania—Sicily’s two *‘\k‘fl!l‘h:umx)‘ ‘b;- f\llrw\)\ll'l(i ywb llf:l?_j‘ | largest cities—and Premier Alcide lish ‘the yes ralgegiist L oam This will allow time for Ala De Gasperi’'s new two-day old Ital- ian government won its first test | of strenzth in the National As- sembly. NANKING — The Chinese Com- ‘mumsts have opened their seventh general Manchurian offensive of the civil war with the provincial capital of Mukden as its apparent { objective, semi-official dispatches ! the northeast said today. WASHINGTON — The Agricul- ture Department, in its annual summary of 1947 crop production, !ICday eported corn production at 1,400,952,000 bushels and wheat at 1,346,919,000 bushels. MEXICALI, BAJA CFA, Mex. — Mexican narcot’c agents, aided by United States officers, have crack- ed one of the largest border dope smuggling rings and have arrested four of five suspects, it was dis- clcsed today. More than $50,000 worth of opium and heroin were zed in the raid which was cli- maxed by a running gun battle officers and the dope | between ‘gang. WASHINGTON The House Rules Committee has moved to find out tend to boost prices of scarce goods supplies. It was decided to- that Congress should investi- what it termed conspirator practices which might be in- volved The commttee action | must be approved by the House ! itself. 1 ! gate ial et | | WASHINGTON The Senate Banking Committee has voted to hold hearings next month on a bill | by Senator Capehart (R.-Ind.) to “freeze” prices temporarily. WASHINGTON—A Congressional !investigation of “gray market” op-: erations was voted unanimously by | the House to stamp out or expose ‘“conspiratorial practices which seri- .ously undermine and threaten the national economy.” WASHINGTON—Secretary And- erson has asked all employees of the Agriculture Department except those ‘m lower salary classes to report by | Dec 23, whether they have engaged | dlrectly or indirectly in trading of | i commodities since July 1, 1946. | WASHINGTON—The AFL Com- ,mercial Telegraphers Union has an- | 'nounced it is filing unfair labor | practice charges against the West- ern Union Company. The union is one of three AFL unions threaten- i |ing a nation-wide walkout of W-U employees next Tuesday. - Limit on Cost ' 0f Building in | Alaska Is Placed WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—®— Two representatives submitted res- olutions today to ask the Agri-| culture Department for ‘lists of| individuals dealing in grain and commodity futures this year. Other House bills included: Celler (D-NY)— To limit pel‘l rcom construction costs of public | projects to $1,500, except in cities of 500,000 or more amd in Alaska, where the limits would be $1,750 and $2.450, respectively. AR FROM ANCHORAGE about any practices which may | | completed iplace to conduct the classes, 28 kans to get their contributions to, he ATC ports of call. - STEVE HOPKINS, OWNER OF HOBBY SHOP, PLANS | TO ENLIST IN AIR CORPS Steve Hopkins, owner oi Steves Hobby Shop, will leave on Decem- {ber 26 for Anchorage, where he ! will enlist in the U. S. Air Force. | |Mr. Hopkins expects to go to the |states for enlistment. Hopkins has been in Juneau for the past year, and in August op-' jened up Steve's Hobby Shop, which features materials for all model builders. He is also president of | {the Juneau Model Association. Pre- vious to coming to Juneau, Hopkins resided in Long Beach, Calif, and ,was in the Naval Air Corps. . MINING CLASSES ‘ 10 BE HELD HERE BY U. OF ALASKA Mining classes will be held here |next week the University of | |Alaska. Leo H. Saarela, instruc-| {tor for mining extension courses of the University, has arrived here jand is now making arrangements for local classes. He said that he arrangements has not for a, but | will make an announcement as scon as possible. Interested bersons may contact Saarela at the Territorial Depart- ment of Mines in the Federal| Building. CHRISTMAS TREES SHINE IN 'YARDS; CHAMBER TO GIVE PRIZES FOR BEST ONES, | With Chrstmas trees twinkling |in many yards in town, the Cham- | iber of Commerce contest for the | best outdcor residential decorations is well under’'way. The entries in ' the contest will be judged on Christmas Eve by a committee' composed of Homer Garvin, Dr' Richard Willlams and the William Booth. prize, $15; second prize $10; third! prize, $5. BETASIGMAPHI | DISCUSSES MAN. Invitatics were distributed at | Tuesday night's meeting of the| Beta Sigma Pho Sorority for the Sorority Christmas party. The pa ty will be given at 8 p.m. Fnd«y at the home of Miss France Paul. Mrs. J. H. Williams, President of Beta Sigma Phi, presidede at the | regular meeting in the Baranof | Hotel Gold Room. The cultural pregram consisted of a brief sum- kind. | Mrs. Ralph Williams will be in| charge of the cultural program at | the sorority’s next meeting ¢h| January 6, in the Gold Room. - THREE DAYS IN JAIL Dan P. Henry was sentenced to serve three days in the City Jail Paul A. Odlung of Anchorage is staying at the Gastineau Hotel. today by City Mag:.strate William A. Holzheimer following his arrest on a drunk charge. | military laska | program {feature of the SIX OFFICIALS, FREIGHTER IS GERMANFIRM, U S. Military Court Also Orders Confiscation of Entire Property BERLIN, Dec. 18—P—A U. S. court sentenced six offi- cials of the Borlin Askania Works to prison terms today and ordered the iirm dissolved and confiscated. The men weke accused of manu- facturing and storing war ials in the American sector ot Berlin, specifically kino theodolites used for studying trajectory and velocity of flying objects such as rocket missiles. Testimeny showed that the R sians obtained a number of kin theodclites and that both U.S. and French authorities attempted to get them for A large l'umby of instruments i were found \lurml in the pl.\m NEW PROGRAM FOR| ALASKA REPORTED CCMIKG UP NOW. sage fo Congress During January Is Also Hinted Reperts are being ieard in Washington with increasing fre- | quency that the regular session of Congress will be presented with a ruundcd program for the development of Alaska, says Delegate Bartlett's| news letter dated December 12. All departments of the Federal | Government having interest in the remtmy will, it is rumored, join {in presenting the program. It has been hinted there may be a special | presidential message on the subject. Previcus declarations by the President and the military to the effect that proper defense of Al- demand the economic opment of the Territory through increased civilian settlement bear our this rumor. It is understood the Depart- ment of the Interior of heading the with the strong backing of all interested departments and will seek Iunds far in ex ot anything ever before appropriated, especially with respect to trans- ! portation facilities. The actual figures are a matter | of secrecy until the President pre- sents his budget message to Con- ;,xesh in January. .- JCA WILL BRING NEGRO SINGER TO 20TH (ENTUR THEATRE, JANUARY 29 Ernest Ehler, president of Juneau Concert Association, the has Rev. announced that the Association’s|{ments were served by the hostess I next concert will be January 29, |es. Three prizes will be offered: First |the artist being the great Negrolovely gifts from her friends. bass baritone, Kenneth Spencer. ‘The concert will be presented at the 20th Century Theatre. e BPW RADIO PROGRAM T0 FEATURE MEN'S CHORUS Christmas carols sung by the Men'’s Chorus of Juneau will be the radio program of the¢ Juneau Business and Pro- iessional Women's Club this eve- ning frome 7 to 7:15 over Station KINY. The concert recently pre- sented by the Chorus was very successful and highly praised, and {and Mrs. Charles R. Enos of Dfin- | Pittsburgh, Pa, the BPWC is proud to present mater- ! , convening in January | devel- i 'BREAKINGUP ‘Waier Soaked Rice Swell- ' ing Against Cracked Hull | i 4 Shlps Rush fo Aid | HONOLULU, Dec. 18.—®— The | | freighter Simon Benson was breaking up in heavy, mig-Pacific | seas today with her cargo of water |soaked rice swelling against the cracking hull. Four vessels were speeding to her aid. { The Benson's crew of about 45 {began jettisoning the sacked rice and her skipper radioed he had | jinto the waves in an effort diminish the buffeting. The Liberty hip—a wartime troocp lw transpori— ! 1 about 1,400 miles north-north- | west of Honolulu. ! eaming to ine Benson’s were the Army hospital ship Com- | fort, Coast Guard Cutter Iroquois, the Navy tug Tekesta and the SS |“ nry Austin, Cemfort Is Near | The Comfort radioed she wa: {abeut 30 hours away from mv‘ Benson after turning back on her | inbound tr from Yokohama to! San Francisco. The Coast Guard | {1eported that the Tekesta had left! iDutch Harbor with orders to tow i Aleutians, but that it might take three days for the tug to reach |the Benson because of rough seas. The Henry Austin was reported 150 miles frcm the Benson, appar- ently the least distant. The Cutter Iroquois drpallul‘ {from Honolulu late last night in/ such haste that at least four of her crew members were left ashore. It is estimated the cutter would {require about 70 hours to reach| ithe Benson. | | Ship May Blow Open | A Coast Guard officer here said | the rice cargo of the Benson “may | {blow the ship wide open” if it| } swells appreciably. An earlier dis- s call from the Benson had in- dicated only that she breaking | across the deck but was proceeding | +toward Honolulu. The Coast Guard indicated the | ifhuquuh would require 72 hours to| ir reach the distressed ship, but said | iwo other vessels were within one fday's steaming and could be call- ed if needed. 1 “The Benson, of 7,176 gross tons, | il.\ operated by Sudden and Chris- | tenscn, Inc., out of Portland, Ole‘ S eee i | IS HONORED AT BRIDAL | | SHOWER LAST EVENING ! Miss { become i : Morrow \cambn dal shower uV'lh Jerry Marilyn Merritt, who will| bride of Mr. Robert Monday evening, De- w honored at a bri- given last evening by McCarthy and Mrs. the on 'by the U. |the stricken vessel to Adak in the | training following lusspe(ial PI’eSidenflfll MeS": {in 19 passenger [Delegale ERIS Delegate Bartleft Opposed To Large Reservations in Alaska for Use of indians MARSHALL IS FLYING BACK HOME LONDON, Dec. 18.—(#-—Secre of State Ma ali took off at M. Time) today for a flight bs The Secretary |gation at the conference. tary 5:10 k Lo turned the stricken vessel head-on | Washington from London, the scene The departure of Douglas revived recent revorts in London tha \may be slated to assume some | portant post economic recovery of Western E t he im- in the administration §]n( the Marshall Plan to aid the uro- |pean states. Marshall's plane, the “Sacred Cow” formerly used by Pres Truman, departed after darkness had fallen. Fog and drizzle covered southern England. The plane was |expected to reach Washington at 9 am. 4EST| lomouow 0 PASSENGERS ARE FLOWNHERE BY PAA; 17 ARE FLOWN 0 Pan American Airways bro yesterday from Se- Sev- ert Selmer, Harold Foss. Ernest borg, James Ryan, Edwin | Harriet Wood, Ray Rand. Cl ur ught |attle, and one from Annette. enteen persons flew from Juneau to Seattle Arrivals from Seattle were: Kar- len Rassmusen, Earle Hunter, Rek- a Hojem, Gordon Beitinger, Rob- Gruening, George Sund- lark Henrick Valle, W. J. RoherLsmL | Florence Stowell, Mrs. John | nett and infant Carrol, net, Carvel Zimin Juneau to Seattle: Ben- Carol Ben- Mark Gra- RAYMOND BEACHS MOVE INTO VUKOVICH HOUS Mr. and Mrs. Raymond B eac ‘Fxfd Baxter at the home of the have moved into the Steve Vuko- |latter. 1 during the evening and refresh | Miss Merritt received many Those attending the shower were Mesdames Jasper Tyler, Al Cooley, | Charles Porter, Dick Garrison, Jim Wood, Matt Gormley, Jack Mc- Daniels, Pete Baunamasa, Lee, Lucas, Tommy Rudolph, Joseph| McLean and the Misses Emma ! Nielsen and Suzy Winn. 1 MRS, PETER WOOD BACK | 1 FROM VISIT T0 DENVER | Mrs. Peter Wood is back in Ju-| |in |vich residence on B street amily on the States. Beach, who has just retired Territorial Labor with the dur-~ i Bridal shower games were pla}edl‘ng the absence of the Vukovich an extended vacation 4l Falls, from (12:10 P. M. Eastern Standard | h cold air pcse enactment of to|of the latest Big Four Foreign Mini- || | tor | sters Conference. H 1 the was accompanied | S. Ambassador to London, | Lewis W. Douglas, who had been a aia | close adviser to the American d«'ln»‘_l o erritors WASHINGTON, Dec Dele Bartlett of teday he is against of large reservations in exclusive use of added that in his Wheeler-Howard Act of tices In a letter to Mrs Pecle, 18 Alaska iblishment | Alaska for indians opinion 1036 never was intended to permit such pra \;\ld and the | MILLIONS T " BECUTFROM PAYING TAX ua Over B|I||on DoIIars Would . Be Stricken from Gov- | ernment Revenue | By IRA\( I\ M. LEMAY WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. » — Jesephine A $5,600,000,000 income tax cutting president of Camp 14 of the bill which would strike 7,400,000 low Alaska Native Sisterhood at Ketch- income and elderly persons from the kan, Alask everything he can settlement of aboriginal the Territory. to get a rights in Mrs. Peele had asked him to op- Butler (R-Neb), Senate Public to take away Department the Indian and ready established Bartlett tee, terior tablish to cancel a bill by chairman Lands Commit- Per cent on higher incomes. from reservations the right to es- in those Sen of In- the al- ald that as long as he i5 in Congress he will actively op- pose any movement deprive Alaskan and impartial hearings claims, ament “me initiative and right.” ‘With reference to |6l EBoutheast Alaska,” | maintain ! scurces - are permit them to gain a better ing than they resorting to a system which tainly has not been a shining suc- 1(-7‘1\"‘ cess in the states the intended Indians of on Indians | he said, that our economic sufficiently great to fair their delegate said he believed es- | of Indian reservations more and more government control and less and less mm\uuml‘ re- liv- | cer- he said he will do tax rolls was introduced today by final Rep. Knutson (R.-Minn.) For the 47,000,000 other taxpayers the measure, referred to by its author, as ‘“veto proof,” proposes tax reductions ranging from 58 per cent in the lowest bracket to 10 | Knutson, Chairman of the tax- writing House Ways and Means Committee, said he expects the hill to be the first major business when Congress reconvenes in January. | The reductions would be retroactive to January 1. They would slash tax revenues by $1,600.000,000 more than the $4,- 000,000,000 Knutson measure which | President Truman twice killed with vetoes earlier this year. New Bill Proposals Here is what tne new wiil would ‘do: Tucerase the present $500 per- sonal exemntion to $600, thus freeing 16,000,000 low income persons from tax paying and providing some re- b ductions . for .all. other taxpayers. | This would reduce revenues by about now can without | ‘52 000,000,000, 2. Apply the “community prop- principle to all States, per- Admittedly, | mitting married couples to split the the Inllians in the states were oft- |family income equally for tax re- times placed able is cne rei prosper. - COLD WAVE PUTS TEMPERATURE LOW IN SOME SECTIONS (By The As ted Press) Another blast of sub-zero weath- | hit sections of moderated early today. low at at the Canadian border but climed to -13 this The -16 was the low mark for the | ® as the fresh mass from eastern | frigid belt, moved Manitoba and in International Falls, on the least desir-iporting purposes in order to take and preductive lands and that |gdvantage of lower surtax brackets. son for their inability to!This princinle now is applicable in Gen- the a dozen States by local law. h al application would cost easury about $600,000,000. 3! Provide, in addition to the $100 (added exemption and “community | property,” split, 10 to 30 per cent ngl\dualfid reductions as follows: A. 30 per cent for those with in- lcomes after deductions and gxemp- | tions not exceeding $1,000. There are 120,200 taxpayers in this group. B. 30 to 20 per cent, on a sliding ! Community Properiy | } the midwest |goq1e for those with taxable incomes during the night but ““‘”"“"’“”“between $1,000 and $1,396. This However, | would affect 14,500,000 persons. tonight | comes fair and ham, Virginia Graham, John Four- i nie, Norma Fournie and infant, another mass of cold ailr was heaa-‘ Fawn McLaughlin, Jose Rivera, E. ¢4 for the same section |0, Reynolds, D; ‘L. Reynolds and tomorrow. Generally ! | weather was reported in most other | | Chester Kodera, Bill Tanaka, | 'MISS MARILYN MERRITT | David Flocd, J. W. Girard, Blanche PAits of the country. Caldwell, Fred Grush, Ed Gunder- The son, Wm, Nance. ,of Minnesota, Annette to Juneau: William '28, northwestern Wisconsin Nance. eastern upper Michigan. e | The mercury dropbed to 16 be-| Minn,, last night, morning. | southwestern ot On- tario. In Armstrong, Ontario, about | 200 miles northeast of Internation- 33 below. to Temperatures generally over a'l: |23 years in the navy, is employed other secticns of the country were | Board. near or above normal the temperature Light He and Mrs. Beach will go into Of snow were reported over tomorrow for what hope is the final their action to secure ship of Beach’s four At present the children, aged 11, twin boys, Raymond Mason, aged 13, and Carmen, 15, are in the States. Mr. and Mrs. court Beach The the war {them a home here. were here during settlement guardian- children. hope |bring them to Juneau and give geattle Saturday. children they Great Lakes region, of Eric, and daughter attending school to neau after two and a half months staying at the Johnson Home. Ispent with her parents-in-law, Mr. | ver, Colorado. While in Denver, | home here whose came Mrs. Beach, Atlantic City, where she was {mary of the progress of man-)music of this organization for the | Mrs. Wood secured medical atten- | buyer for the Gold Alexander Fur was in from years, attle, the plains and the Pacific both Miami in and Fla, northern | Northwest Yesterday’s high readings were 80| Jacksonville, e eee dipped talls | the | STEAMER MOVEMENIS Denali s(m-au.ed to sail from Alaska scheduled to sail from Se- December 23. Sword Knot from Seattle Dec. 26 scheduled to sall | Princess Norah scheduled to sail Aleutian, from west, 4 from Vancouver, December 29. scheduled - - — NEW YORK — The State Athletic Commission pleasure of all listeners. tion and attended a secretarial Shop, an exclusive establishment southbound Sunday. e school. on the Board Walk. RYAN, CLARK REI'I.IIN ] She also visited with her father,! She visited Juneau last year to — . {Mr. Ward Wire, who is traffic| meet the Beach children, and to Dr. James C. Ryan, Territorial manager of the Colorado Fuel and |see if she liked Alaska. The ver- Commissioner of Education, and {Iron Company at Denver. New York an- Mrs. | dict was affirmative, and she now nounced today that.it had found no Edwin C. Clark, Superintendent of { Wood returned yesterday via Pan says that she doesn't ever want to evidence of fraud in the Jake La- motta-Billy Fox fight at Madison Juneau Schools, returned here yes- ! via PAA from Spokane, ! terday Wash.,, where they had attended | a meeting of Pacific Northwest educational officials, American. R ! HERE FROM FAIRBANKS V. B. Vinson, of Fairbanks, stopping at the Baranof. is go back to the States e — FROM SKAGWAY ing at the Baranof Hotel | Bquare Garden on | The Commission ordered Morgan Reed, of Skagway, is stay- Century Sporting Club to pay both Loxers their purses. the November 14, 20th 20 per cent for those with in- between $1396 and $4,000. There are 9,100,000 such taxpayers. D. 20'per cent on the first $4.000 taxable income for all others [&] ,0( below zero belt included most | plus 10 per cent of the tax applicable parts of the Dflkomm the remainder of their income. | There are 1,700,000 taxpayers in this | group. - s o006 vseceoecese /¢ WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) ® Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ® Ending 6:30 0'Clock This Morning | ® In Juneau—Maximum, 40; !® minimum, 34 ® At Airport—Maximum, ® minimum, 35. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau snd Vieinity) e Variable cloudiness with occasional rain or snow show- ers. Slightly cooler. PRECIPITATION 1‘ ® (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 1.m. today) In Juneau— .14 !® since Dec. 1, 458 inches; e since July 1, 58.14 inches. . At Airport .10 inche: e since Dec. 1, 219 inches; o since July 1, 3423 inches. « o o o . o o 39: . > o STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK. Doc. 18. — Closing juotation of Alaska Juneau mine ck today is 3%, American Can ., Anaconda 34’., Curtiss-Wright International Harvester 88, Kennecott 47, New . York Central ., Northern Pacific 21'%, U. 8. |Steel 76%, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 1,130,000 shares. Averages today are as follows: In- dustrials, 179.45; rails, 50.24; utili- ies, 32.93. . - e WASHINGTON—The House has voted unanimously to ask the State Department and the Army for a full explanation of their policies of dis- mantling war plants in Germany.