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Major Strike
Threats May
Tie Up Nation
UNDATED LABOR — By the
Associated Press — Two major
strike threats—rails and autos—
hung over the nation’s industry
today. A third was threatening
metropolitan transportation in New
York City.
An additional threat appeared
in the great meat industry, where
a strike against the big four pack
ing houses has been in progress
since March 16.
The rail situation was most
critical. Mediation efforts aimed
at averting a strike next Tuesday
collapsed yesterday.
Approximately 190,000 mem
bers of the brotherhoods of en
gineers *md firemen, and the
switchmen’s unions are involved.
They are a minority of the na
tion’s 1,250,000 rail'employees.
Washington government attor
neys contended the president, un
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Alaska Airman
Makes Skis For
Emergency Trip
EDMONTON, Alberta, —(/P)—
The story of an Alaskan airman
who fashioned for his airplane
a pair of skis to accomplish a
take-off from the northern lake
on which he had been forced to
land was told today by R.C.A.F.
officials.
Northwest Air Command Fri
day reported overdue Miles Van
dergrift of Naknek. Alaska, who
had taken off Thursday for his
northern hometown in a light
plane, intending to fly over the
Alaska highway. Vandergrift was
unreported for almost four days
until Monday when he flew into
Grande Prairie, his originally
scheduled first stop.
Vandergrift said bad weather
forced him down on a lake 40
miles to the southeast. The frozen
surface became slushy under the
weather changes and he felt a
wheeled takeloff on the changed
“strip” would be impossible.
Taking planks from a trapper’s
cabin he had used as shelter he
made a pair of serviceable skis,
fastened them to the plane and
with cleared skies soared aloft.
He said he had seen several
of the R.C.A.F.s’ low flying
swoops, assumed they were look
ing for him.
He expects to resume his flight
to Naknek today.
Two Appointments
In Labor Dept.
JUNEAU. —(A5)—Edward Gar
nick of Juneau has been appoint
ed deputy comissioner of the Ter
ritorial department of labor, suc
ceeding Leonard Evans.
Evans recently was appointed
territorial representative of the
United States department of la
bor. Garnick was appointed by
Henry Benson, Territorial Com
missioner of Labor.
ROVING AMBASSADOR TAKES OATH OF OFFICE
..
W. Averell Harriman (left), roving ambassador for the European re
covery program, takes the oath of office administered by Chief Justice
of the United States Fred M. Vinson (right) at a ceremony witnessed in
Washington by Paul G. Hoffman, administrator of the aid plan. (AP).
iTime Limit Pleas
Are Keynote In
i Reservation Talks
JUNEAU, —(A1)—Pleas for time
limits on proposed military reser
vations * in the Aleutian Islands
I
were coupled with requests for
| adequate military protection at
a hearing yesterday.
The hearing was conducted by
William Warne, assistant secre
tary of the interior, on the re
quest of America’s armed forces
for an extensive network of army,
navy and air bases on these is
lands nearest Rusia.
The department of national de
fens is asking for these Aleutian
islands: Adak, Great Sitkin.
Sheya. Attu, Tanga and Umak
plus 13 others. It also asks for
parts of Amchitka. Ataka, Un
and Umnak islands in the Aleu
tians, an area near Cold Bay on
the end of the Alaska Peninsula
and part of Kodiak Island off
the Peninsula.
Various interests asked protec
tion for Aleutian and Alaskan
resources in any withdrawal land.
Lt. Comdr. C. T. Broddus of
the navy department said sec
retary of defense Forrestal is mak
ing a study of means of accomp
lishing the conservation.
George Sunborg, representing
the Alaska Development Board,
declared that “no permanent
(military) reservations should be
granted but every reservation
should have a time limit.”
He said too many reservations
still remain in existence although
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Maritime Commis.
Report On Bering
Sea Lighterage
The U. S. Maritime Commis
sion in Washington D.C.. last week
issued a report and order at the
conclusion of the investigation of
lighterage rates and practices in
Bering Sea.
In its report the Commission
found that the net income of the
Lomen Commercial Company’s
lighterage department in 1946 was
in excess of what a fair return
would justify The Commission al
so found illegal the company’s
: practice of charging for lighterage
! service according to certain per
j centages of the Alaska Steamship
Company’s rates from Seattle.
The fair value of the Lomen
Commercial Company property
for rate making purposes was
found by the Commission to be
$250,000 including working cap
ital and a fair rate of return 7
percent. The lighterage operating
costs were found to be reasonable
but the Commission reduced the
amount of administrative expense
which could be charged to the
lighterage department for rate
making purposes.
The Commission also found that
the company violated the pro
visions of its Storage Tariff by
allowing freight to remain with
out charge on the dock in excess
of the free storage time. ,
The Commission ordered the
company to correct its practices
by May 15. “To the extent that
Lomen’s rates, fares, and charges
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Aral) and Jewish
Truce in Holyland
Ordered by British
UNDATED INTERN ATIONAL
By the Associated Press—A truce
I enforced by British guns kept
, most of the Jews and Arabs in
1 Palestine today from each others’
| throats.
The Palestine government said
a cease fire order for the Kata-;
mon quarter of southern Jerusa
I lem had been extended indefin
itely. Truce negotiations for the
entire city continued.
Outside Tel Aviv, the Jews said |
■ Arabs struck back at Irgun Zvai
1 Leumi positions won in Hehirdia.
The Jewish Army Haganah said
| the Jewish settlement of Ramat
Naftali, four miles from the Leb
anon frontier, remained under
shellfire. Officials in Beirut said
no Lebanese guns were turned on
the village. The hills of southern
Judea were quiet again after skir-i
mishes.
A typhoid epidemic threatened
Acre, where 82 cases were under,
care.
The Jews hastily prepared their
interim capital at Sarona, just
outside Tel Aviv. Hebrew leaders
were to choose secretly today a
name for the little state whose
independence they will proclaim
May 16.
New York— The United Na
tions talked of an emergency re
gime for Pelestine, veering away \
from talk of partition upon which
Russia and her sattelites insisted, i
The trusteeship council for safe-j
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31 Precincts Show
Demos Strong
Thirty-one precincts have now
been reported on the Primary el
ection, with the following can
didates now in the lead for the
2nd Division.
Bob Bartlett leads as Delegate
with a wide margin and total of
1132 votes popular.
For the Second Division Terri
torial posts, Edward Anderson
leads for the Senate with 576,
Charles O'Leary is second on the
Democratic ticket C. D. Ander
son with 397 and George Wald
heim 267 lead the Republican
ticket.
For the House Aimer Rydeen
654, William Beltz 602, George
Madsen 486, and Frank Degnan
444. for the Democrats
For the Republicans leading
for the House are Percy Ipalook
676. Frank Johnson 483, W. W.
Laws446 and Sam Mogg 424.
There are still a few precincts
to come in
Marshall Says We
Must Work With
Russia For Peace
—
| WASHINGTON. — UP) — Sec
; retarv of State Marshall said to
i day Russian leaders must be con
1 vinced the Soviet Union can “live
j side by side in peace” with the
i western powers in the United Na
1 tions.
He made that argument in op
posing any drastic shakeup of the
U.N. without Russian agreement.
Such a step, Marshall said, prob
ably would destroy the organiz
ation and mean setting up rival
military alliances.
Marshall appeared before the
House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee which is considering propos
als for reorganizing the U. N.
with or without Russian coopera
tion.
He said that what the world
needs today is not new structures
for peace but better use of the
organizations which already ex
ist.
His testimony amounted to a
plea to Congress not to express
its impatience with the present
U.N. and its objections to Rus
sian conduct. Lawmakers have
complained especially about Rus
sia’s frequent use of the big pow
er veto.
The committee also planned to
call Warren Austin. U.S. delegate
to the U.N.. for his views on re
vamping the peace league.
In advance of the hearing. Rep.
Mansfield <D-Mont> said the Latin
Americans will go along on any
move to curb the big power veto
in the U.N. Mansfield attended
the Inter-American conference at
Bogota as an observer for the
House committee
HOSPITAL NEWS
Donors today to the Emergency
Hospital fund:
Shirley Forrester $ 25.00
F. D. Sheldon 3.00
.Total to date $9,282.70