The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 23, 1948, Page 1

THE DAILY A “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,870 JUNEAU SPRUCE CLOSES Board of Directors Sends Instructions fo Saw- mill Officials Local officials of the Juneau| Spruce Corporation were instructed today to close their Juneau sawmill for an indefinite period by the Company'’s Board of Directors which met yesterday at Coos Bay, Ore. The telegram, signed by D. D. Dashney, Secretary of the Company, reads as follows: “Board of Directors in meeting teday took acticn to advise you io close down tight all logging oper- ations, tug boats and everything at Juncau, down to Boles and Ko- valeski in office and necessary | watchmen to cemply with our in-| curance warranty using night and day mill foremen and superinten- dent and any cther executive per- scnnel necessary and willing to fill watchmen places.” “It is the Board’s desire that| the entire cperation be closed| until a full night and day mill crew and logging crew are ready and willing to carry on our work on a basis of fair play without any more foolishness. “The Board has no intention of employing longshoremen and does not intend to enter into any agree- ments or disagreements with them. when and if operations can continued as set forth herein.” LADIES' NIGHT WITH LIONS CLUB IS TO BE BIG EVENT OF YEAR Tomorrow night is the big night for the Lions and their ladies at the Salmon Creek Country Club. The entertainment committee annou.ic- ed today any member who has miss- ed making a reservation will miss an evening of merrymaking. Plans have been underway sometime to entertain the Lions ladies and the committee has gone all out I making this the evening of the year. Ladies will be welcomed in ev ning attire as well &s the new 100: and all are prepared for a wonder- ful time. The Washington Merry - Go- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.) msmNGTON — A damaging | piece of paper has just been found| in Germany. It is a memo, writ- ten during the war, asking author- ization to erect a new creamator-| jum-big enough to burn 40 bodies | daily at the Auschwitz slnve-labori camp run by I. G. Farben. | This evidence is expeced tol| clinch the guilt of I. G. Farben| directors for their war guilt in| helping to kill thousands of labor- ers drafed 'by Hitler from occu- | pied Europe. But just as this evidence was uncovered, a strange thing hap- pened in Nuremburg. Gen. Tel-| ford Taylor, hard-working war- crimes prosecutor, got . instructions to come home. Taylor, at first, demurred, but Washington insisted. Just out of the hospital after an airplane accident, Taylor obeyed orders and is now back in the USA. Simultaneously, certain highly placed Defense chiefs have started a quiet drive to save both the fac- tories and the personnel.of I. G. Farben, the Krupps and other big munition-makers. ‘ This is probably the most sig- nificant development in Germany today. for | GEN. CLAY OVERRULES The shift in policy, its impor- tant to note, comes direct from Washington. Gen. Lucius Clay, U. S. commander in Germany, has had nothing to do with it.” In fact he refused to sign one directive ordering the big munitions cartels extempt from decartelization. After the war, it was unanimous Allied policy (1) that the big mu- nitions plants should be broken up, (2) that Nazi munitions mas- ters be punished for war guilt. This was not the Morgenthau plan, but was agreed on by such men as Eisenhower, Secretary of War Stimson and his successor, Secre- (Continued on Page Four) |and Industry had reached agree- - Joint Defense Board |ed with CIO strikers in tront of | then — SKA EMPIRE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1948 S AGREEMENT ON ALASKA FISHING NEARLY SETTLED SEATTLE, April 23.—M—Con- tract agreements between the Alas- ka Fishermen's Union and the Alaska Salmon Industry, Inc., are “well on their way to being set- tled,” Oscar Anderson, Union lead- er, says. Anderson said that the Union ment on all districts with the ex- ception of settling on fish prices at the Cook Inlet district and West- ward points on the Alaskan Penin- | sula. He said that “we're not very far ipart” in either case. The two groups have yet to con- ider their agreement for the large Bristol Bay district. | As the deadline for the Alaskan | fishing season neared,* the Indus- | try appeared well on their way to| settlement with the other unions in| the 75 million dollars a year in- dustry. Members of Machinists Local 79| will meet tomorrow morning to vote | on approval and rejection of a pro- | | ] | posed contract drawn up jointly| oy company and union negotiating committees. Difficulties between the industry | and Local 7 of the Cannery Worl 2rs Union were also reported be-| ing ironed out, although the groups | have yet to agree on the hiring| aall issue. Suggests Alaskan on { | | KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April 23— [dispute which {M—Alaska's Governor, Ernest| Gruening, is asked to seek appoint- ment of an Alaskan to the Cana- dian-American joint defense board. The request was made by Dr. R. M. MacKenzie Democratic candid- ate for Senator in the First Divi-| sion in the Territorial primary elec- tion next Tuesday. Gov. Gruening is now in Washington, D, C. “In view of the growing military importance of our northern ram- parts,” said Dr. MacKenzie, “I feel that an Alaskan should be appoint- ed to the board.” He said the future of the nation may ¢epend on such matters as the location of Arctic bases. “I believe the counsel of an Alas-| kan adviser,” Dr. MacKenzie said, “would be of the utmost value to the board in formulating decisions |elect himself today as Commander ltalian Vofer Gets Back at 1. S. Brother ANACORTES, Wash,, April 23.— M—Paul Luvera, with the best of nternational political intentions, ent a bit of pre-election advice o relatives in Italy. His broth- ar, Conolato, replied: “Following your suggestion, most f my neighbors and my family have agreed not to vote the Com- nunist ticket. “I understand you people will oe having an election soon, We Al hope that you and your neigh- sors don't mind if we tell you iow you should vote. By the way, are you a donkey or an ele- Jhant?” - STRIKERS OUT AT BOEING PLANT; | ENGINEERS WORK SEATTLE, April 23.—(®-—Engin- eering activity resumed at the strike- | losed Boeing Aircraft plant here y as the walkout of nearly 15,- 000 union workers went into its sec- ond day. Only a handful of pickets patrolled the gates of the big plant and adja- cent air field as an estimated 3,000 or' more engineers, office workers and supervisors entered, their offices. The company estimated only 500 | were on duty yesterday after they had Leen instructed to stay home| unless called individually. But the calls were multiplied to-| day to step up office and engmeer-L ing activity to near normal pace. There were no indications, how-| ever, of any settlement soon of the | brought the walkout shortly after midnight yesterday. The points of deadlock were a de- mand of the Aeronautical Mechanics | Union (Ind) for a 30-cent hourly| pay increase, disagreement over ar-; Litration procedure proposals amd1 union insistence on retention of seniority provisions. | Re-eledis Himself Commander Ky.GAR LOUISVILLE, Ky, April 23.—(® —Robert Barrett said, he would re- of the Department of Kentucky,| Grand Army of the Republic. The 101-year-old Barrett, Who re-| SpATTLE April 23—(P—Immed- him to pay a $50 fine and $25 in with a representative of the Fish iate dismissal of any University of | Court costs. Munkdale was arrest- and ‘Wildlife Service stationed at or sides at Princeton, Ky., is one of | shot the 40-year-old President | he CIO United Auto Worker: FOUR QUIZZED IN MYSTERY SHOOTING OF WALTER REUTHER DETROIT, April 23.—(P—Officers whisked a mystery witness into po- lice headquarters today as they pressed their manhunt for the gun= man who tried to kill Walter P. Reuther. Prosecutor James N. McNally said ¢he witness, not identified, was the ne who first gave information to solice about Nelson Davis, an admit- ed Communist, now in custody for questioning. McNally said the witness told po- lice he heard Davis say he knew who of Davis, 52, a negro foundry worker at the Ford Motor Co, denied that 1e ever made such a remark, Davis was said by McNally to have signed a formal statement admiting that he was a Communist. McNally emphasized, however, that no charge has been placed against Davis. There is conclusive evidence that he was on the job when Reu- ther was attacked, McNally added. Davis was taken to police head- quarters yesterday along ‘with three other UAW members. Says U. §. Has Three More Powerful Weapons MIAMI, Fla., April 23.—(P—Ellis M. Zacharias, former Naval Intelli- gence expert, says the United States has three weapons far more power- ful than the atomic bomb. In an interview here yesterday he licted them as “bacteriological,” “biological,” and “climatological.” “Russia knows that we developed these three weapons during the war and due to the tremendous resources in the war, all of the weapons are immediately available in sufficient numbers,” he said. “The atomic bomb ranks fourth in consideration of destructiveness. | The atomic bomb has a local effeet jwhile the other three are wide~ spread,” he added. WASHINGTON UNIV. FACULTY MEMBERS ARE INVESTIGATE NOLAWON ~ FISHTRAPS (OMINGUP Joint Senate-Houe Fisher- ies Committee Makes Recommendation WASHINGTON, April 23.—®— A joint Senate-House Fisheries no laws to cover handling of fish traps in Alaska waters be enacted by this session of Congress. It also recommended, however, that there be a law to govern leasing of fish traps while Alaskan statehood is pending. Statehood will give the Territory full control over her natural resources, the committee added, and a permanent policy in handling the traps will then have to be adopted. The bill to regulate fish traps in the Territory would provide for immediate reduction in the number of traps held by _salmon packers Hmiting leases to 15 years and i public auction of traps surrender- ed by the packers. The committee said that regard- Iss of the ultimate disposition of fish traps in Alaska, proper use of salmon resources requires that a governmental policy be laid down and then followed. Government policy should be consistent with the industry’s need | for season to season stability so improvements in the canneries which depend upon trap-caught fish may go forward and the risk of being forced to abandon costly plants be minimized, the commit- tee said. economy of Alaska and those de- peéndent upon it as to the industry itself.” wmflfifi&a " Guilty of Stealing SEATTLE, April 23 —P—Edward Munkdale, 40-year-old ship's wait- Jcr, pleaded guilty to theft of two | blankets and three dozen napkins from' the S.8. Alaska when he was | arraigned in U, 8. Distri¢t Court. Judge Charles Leavy ordered which may affect the welfare of all Kentucky’s two surviving Union|yashington faculty member found | ed by a Northland Transportation Americans.” POLICE -GET TOUGH WITH MEAT STRIKERS KANSAS CITY, April 23.—(P— Police, under order to “get tough” in the packing house strike, clash- the Cudahy and Co. plant today and then cleaned out a union head- quarters. Seventy police, swinging billy| clubs appeared at the plant and scattered pickets. Capt. Eli Dahlin then parked a | safety car in front of the head-| quarters of the U.P.W.A. Local No.! 10 and prepared to address the| strikers inside the hall. A battle ensued after someone| had grabbed Dahlin and startedi pushing him around. The police| rushed the strikers and, cleared the union headquarters. | Eight persons, including two wo- men, were treated for head injur- ies at hospitals. In a matter of minutes the hall was empty, blood and broken glass littered the floor, along with play-| ing cards, checkers and abandon- ed hats. Ralph M. Baker, district director | of the union said 100 others were | hurt, but not hospitalized. The police arrived at the strike scene, in full force after they had been instructed by Dahlin that the police “have played with this thing long enough.” There has been a number of minor flareups pre- viously. Baker called the police action “one of the most senseless, unrea- soning and vicious exhibitions of common brutality.” “Without warning the police be- gan to belabor with clubs every- one in sight not in uniform,” Baker said in a statement. e INTERIOR WEATHER | Cool air continues over the Alaskan Interior this morning with the lowest temperature in that area 21 degrees below zero at Uniat. Several other stations reported near 15 degrees blow zero. At 5:30 this morning Nenana re- ported 18 below zero. Warmer air is approaching the area from the west. | i i during 1948 or who are blind. The Army veterans of the war between the states. L0 be engaged in “subversive” acti-| Company Guard as he left the ship | fishing and will report their cateh vity was promised today by Joseph|Tuesday. He was turned over to| Barrett explained he is the On]y;Drumhe]ler S i | , Spokane, newly elected FBI officials. one able to attend the Depnrtmems[he“ of the school's Board of Re-| annual convention today. He arrived | by train last night. | National Parks Will Get Face Liff;Alaska Is In on Proposals WASHINGTON, April 23—#— The nation’s down-at-heel nation- el parks and monuments can be made spic, span and comfortable at an additional cost of about $50,000,000 a year for the next| several years, the National Parks Service estimates. No such allowances have been provided for 1948-49, but the Park experts hope to get the program under way in the years follow- ing. In a master plan, the agency said, among other things: Mount McKinley Park, Alaska— A new lodge-and-cabins, or com- bination hotel and cabins, planned for construction at Wondar Lake 80 miles from McKinley Park Sta- tion this year, will be built next year. Alaska Railroad Company also planning to enlarge its hotel at the station. Bids for the project his year were rejeced as too high. NEW TAX FORMS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED 10 LOCAL EMPLOYERS New forms for Federal withholding taxes have reached Juneau and have been mailed to 375 employers in this area, it was announced, today by George W. Osage, Deputy Collec- tor in Charge of the Juneau Office of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. These forms, he said, contain all of the necessary- information for making withholding tax deductions from payrolls. Osage also said that new employ- ee’s withholding exemption certifi- cates must be completed by persons who will reach the age of 65 years new Federal Income Tax Law, he said, allows additional exemptions for persons over 65 or who are blind. gents. Drumheller made the statement on |behalf of the board after 1cgents| met yesterday with Rep. Altert F. he legislature’s un-American Acti- vities Committee. - Canwell told the regents his com- mittee is now investigating “certain aculty members.” BRI SHIFT OF TACTICS BY COMMUNISTS NOW POSSIBILITY (By ‘The Associated Press) ‘Washington officials are studying the possibility that Europe's Com- munists may be compelied to shift tactics because of their setbac the Italian elections. The oii: speculated, that Russia may re: post-war efforts for alliances wi the non-Communist left wing. or even may seek a new meeting be- tween President Truman and Prime Minister Stalin, Communism’s methods were cun-| demned last. night by unanimous vote of the 21 nations at the Pan American conference in Bogota, C ombia. The resolution urged ca western hemisphere nation to adopt measures to combat Communism and other forms of totalitarianism. Italian authorities, enforcing the post-election peace, arrested Com- munists in several areas last nisnt| and confiscated weapons. In Moscow, newspapers published dispatches from abroad accusing ("¢ | United States and Britain of trying to enlist. Germans for military pur- poses and wusing former German army generals as consultants. — e MORRISON ON COMMITTEE Exalted Ruler Joseph H. Sadliel,| poiq g g pecial meeting in the City | of the Juneau Elks Lodg¢, an-|Chambers at 8 o'clock tonight to|thing else again. nounces that James Morrison has been added to the members of the Flks Visiting Committee. Morrison has been a member of this com- mittee for several years. B S AR R FROM SAN FRANCISCO R. W. Wethington, ing at the Baranof Hotel. Airports, Anchorage, |Canwell (R-Spokane), chairman orFairbanks A’e Given Another Good Boost | WASHINGTON, April 23 —@— A Senate Commerce subcommittee has unanimously endorsed legislation to authorize construction of com- mercial airports at Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska, at a total cost of $13,000,000. The subcommittee action was an- rounced by Chairman Capehart (R-Ind). The bill must still be approved by the full commiftee before it cam go to the Senate floor. Capehart said the subcommittee 7 also unanimously approved an In- 5| ternational Aviation Facilities bill introduced by Senator Brewster (R-Me). It would place on a per= | manent basis the alr traffic and weather control stations now oper- ated by the U. S. outside the con- | tinental limits. The Indiana Senator said in a |statement that approval of the | two projects followed a full study {of the importance of both to na- ional defense. Commercial aircraft now use Army facilities at both Alaskan communities. The contemplated | airport at Anchorage would cost $8,000,000 and the Fairbanks air- port $5,000000. The funds will | have to be appropriated in separate legislation. | chorage project, but is still con- | sidering the Fairbanks construc- ! | tion. ——————— | o COUNCIL TONIGHT | 'The Juneau City Council will ipau on all applications for City | positions. o eoe ‘ LEAGUERS' HIKE DELAYED | Since the Weather Bureau says | rain, snow and cloudy, the Meth- | odist Epworth Leaguers have de- from San cded to hold off their hike Sat-| Francisco, is in Juneau and stay- urday untll conditions are more| | favorakble, “Stability is as essential to the| ‘The House has approved the An-, 'DRASTIC CHANGES ' MADE IN FISHING | | Regulations’lggued Effect- ive in S. E. Alaska- Openg August 9 | | | The pink salmon, | southeast Alaska’s |danger of virtual extinction and limmediate and, vigorous action is | necessary if we are to tring back | |the once great runs of this species, | backbone of economy, is in| | today. { The fishing industry has recog-| |nized this danger and at every hvnr-f |ing held in southeast Alaska centers in 1947 strong pleas were made by | tishermen and fish packers alike for a shorter and later pink salmon fish- {ing season and better enforcement | jof the fishing laws. | Responding to these demands,| {which coincide closely with the | views of its own personnel the Fish| and Wildlife Service has issued the| most drastic regulations in the his- tory of the fisheries to be effective in southeast Alaska during the 1948 season. Season Opens August 9 Pink salmon fishing will not open | until August 9 and will close Sep- tember 3, unless an unforeseen run of strong proportions appears. If this occurs it will be the policy of the Fish and Wildlife Service to permit utilization of the fish to the fullest extent consistent with securing ade- quate escapement to the spawning| streams, There are several small areas in| coutheast Alaska where commercial| fishing will be permitted earlier than August 9. These are the Taku and| Stikine rivers and in Snettisham,| Tenakee Inlet, Upper Lynn Canal, and in the outside section of the South Prince of Wales District.| These sections have important runs of king, sockeye and chum salmon| and the number of pinks taken in| | them is expected to be negligible. | These areas have been left open| {to help the fishermen through a hard season and they wiil rémuin open so long as the fishermen co- operate with the Fish and Wiki-| life Service to stamp out illegal fish- ing activities which have been. re- | sponsible in a large measure for the‘ present depleted state of the pink salmon. To aid in keeping illicit fishing out of the picture the fishermen will be required to register their boats |near each of the areas open to daily thereafter to' this representa- | tive until August 9. This procedure is a requirement| of the 1948 regulations and is de- signed to prevent the taking of fish from closed waters. For their own sake and for the good of all the people of Alaska the fishermen are urgently requested to enter whole- heartedly into this vitally necessary conservation program. It is pretty much up to them whether the Gov-~ ernment can permit the limited fishing operations afove-described |or is forced ‘to close all fishing to get the results that must be had if the pink salmon runs are to recover and bring southeast Alaska back to its former position in the production of canned salmon. 'CONGRESS THREAT 10 "GET TOUGH' ON "LOYALTY LETTER WASHINGTON, April 23.—(®—| President Truman's try-and-get-it challenge ran into a Congressional | threat today to “get tough” over | demands for an FBI loyalty re- port on Dr: Edward U. Condon. Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (R=NJ) said there will be a showdown if the administration fails to produce the document within 48 hours. The chairman of the House Un-| American Activities Committee said | that should be a reasonable time| for an answer to the House reso-| lution directing the Secretary of Commerce to turn over the letter. Condon is director of ‘the Fed- |eral Bureau of Standards, which handles research on some of the governments top military secrets. “We are going to be tough in | this matter,” Thomas told report- ers. “There is going to be a show- down.” But when and how was some- | | The House adopted the resolu- | tion yesterday, 300 to, 29. At his news conference later, Mr. Truman gave no sign that he would let the FBI letter go to| ‘Congress. ! | ool 1 HERE FROM HAINES William F. Blinn from Haines lis staying at the Gastineau Hotel. | I | Thor G. Tollefson (R-Wash) wired Committee recommended today that |&ccording to an official statement | today that the State Department |cited the fact that American, Rus- Special Agent Fish Problems State Department Ap- proves of Representa- five on Int. Issues SEATTLE, April 23.—(®-— Rep. has approved creation of a special assistant to handle international fisheries problems. The Congressman reported the State Department decision to Miller Freeman, Seattle trade journal pub- lisher and chairman of the Pacific Fisheries conference The conference initiated the move for a fisheries representative at pol- | icy level in the State Department | at a San Francisco meeting last Sepsember. The new position has been sought because of the numerous international phases of fishing in Pacific waters and the Bering Sea. Fishing industry representatives slan and Japanese fishing interests overlap in the Bering Sea and that international problems also arise off the central and. South American | coasts. | Tollefson said the new post will be | as special assistant to Undersecre-| tary of State Robert Lovett. | “The individual is to be named soon,” he said. “The position will be made on a permanent basis as soon as reorganization of the State Department is completed.” The fisheries conference, which sought the new post, is composed of numerous Pacific coast individuals and, groups connected with the in- dustry, including both operators and lator unions, e PALESTINE JEWS IN MOVES ON ARABS (By The Associated Press) Palestine Jews occupied two more Arab villages betwepn Jerusalem and Tel Aviv today while Haganah consolidated the control it wrested in a swift attack on the port city of Haifa. The attacks apparently were aim- ed at protecting the Jewish food iifeline between coastal Tel Aviv and the Jewish community of Jerusalem. Halfa officials said. 105 Arabs were killed yesterday in the Jewish mil- itia’s attack, which struck after Bri- tish forces withdrew from all but the port area. Other reports said four Haganah men were killed. Arabs last night prepared to usher in the Passover Week tonight. The United Nations Political Com- mittee again took up the Palestine question. The United States is re- ported to have abandoned plans to call for a special international po-! lice force for Palestine. However, the | Americans are believed ready to in- sist upon creation of a truce com- mission to carry out the Security Council's cease fire order of a week ago. King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan urged Arab nations yesterday to send their armies into Palestin? to battle the Jews as soon as the Bri- tish give up their League of Na'imns mandate May 15. _____ i STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, April 23 —(®—Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American| Can 87'%, Anaconda 38%, Curtiss- Wright 8, International Harvester 95%, Kennecott 56%, New York Central 16%, Northern Pacific 22%, U.S.Steel 77'2, Pound $4.03%. Sales today were 2,470,000 shares. | Averages today are as follows: | | CONTEMPTS “rorpink savox Is fo Handle ON LEWIS ~ POSTPONED Governmen? Recommends . No Further Punishment at Present Time WASHINGTON, April 23.~—P— Judge T. Alan Goldsborough today postponed. indefinitely any further contempt penalty against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers Union. Goldsborough accepted a govern- ment recommendation that he im- Pose no further punishment at this time. Assistant Attorney General Gra- ham Morison said no useful pur- pose could be accomplished by new fines against Lewis and the union now, Last Wednesday, Goldsborough fined Lewis $20,000 personally and the UMW $1,400,000 for criminal contempt of court. The conterapt finding was based on their disregard of‘an April 3 court order to stop the coal strike, There was also a finding by the judge that Lewis and the union were guilty of civil contempt. 4 Today's court session was for sen- tencing on the civil contempt charge. Miners Returning Morison told Goldsborough that 85 percent or more of the soft coal miners have returned to work. Therefore, Morison said, he moved that a civil contempt sentence be put. off “indefinitely.” The judge agreed. Morison said “the government is quite happy" over the back-to-work movement in the coal tields. Judge Goldsborough said “the court is more than happy to know that the normal situation is being restored.” “The court postpones indefinitely any sentence for civil contempt.” “All_right, gent ," Galdsbor- ougli saftl without looking toward Lewis, who was in his accustomed place, “the matter is disposed of, and. this court is adjourned.” Speculation before the session was that Goldsborough would let Lewis off easy this time since most of the 400,000 members of his union are back at work. e Wash. Sfale, Alaska Sociefy Banquet Is Held:Sallon Served WASHINGTON, April 23.-/#— Harmony-—musically if not political- ly—was a feature of the annual spring banquet last night of the Washington State and Alaska So- clety. Not the least of several surprises was a quintet composed of Senator Magnuson (D-Wash), Senator Cain (R-Wash), Rep. Russell Mack (R- ‘Wash), Frank Bell of Ephrata, an@ Police Inspector Clarence Talley, a native of Washington State. The ,all Pacific northwest menu included planked giant Alaska sal- mon. ——— . — COAL PRODUCTION BACK T0 NORMAL, RELIEF EXPRESSED PITTSBURGH, April 23—#— Soft coal miners received warmly today word that a civil contempt | sentence against their union and John L. Lewis had been postpon- | ed. “That makes everybody feel good,” said Frank Hughes, presi- industrials 183.77, rails 58.47, util- ities 34.02. . R l'..'.....l.v . . WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) ‘Temperatures for 24-hour period ending 7:30 this morning In Juneau— Maximum, 42: minimum, 35. At Airport—Maximum, 43; minimum, 33. WEATHER FORECAST (Juneau and Vicinity) Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with occasional showers of rain or snow. Lowest temperature tonight near freezing. PRECIPITATION ast 24 hours ending 7:30 a.m. taday In Juneau City— Trace; since April 1, 34 inches; since July 1, 8131 inches. At the Airport— Trace; since April 1, 28 inches; since July 1, 4865 inches. . . . . . L3 . o Pk dent of United Mine Workers Dis- trict 3 at Greensburg, Pa. Here is the comment of Mich- ael Honus, District 4 secretary- treasurer in the Uniontown coal and coke region: “T think it was a wise decision because 1 don't - believe John L. Lewis was guilty. All of our men are working now. This should end it.” Virtually all of the 400,000 bi- tuminous UMW miners were back, except in cases where there was no immediate work. The Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Asso- ciation, representing some of the | biggest producers, expected 95 percent production today. Operators as well as union lead- ers expressed confidence the na- tion’s coal production will be 100 percent by Monday—for the first time since the miners' pension | walkout began March 15. e — — Mr. and Mrs. R. W, Kloek, regis- tered from San Mateo, Calif, are receeecen®esee P e e e e v 00 {at the Baranuf Hotel.