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V O L~ X L~V III. No. 53 NOME. ALASKA. FBI DAY, M AY 3. 1946 PERCOPY —15c
Coal Strikes
Tie-up Ma jor Cities
UNDATED, May 3,—</P)—Coal
effects railroads, utilities, the
steel industry, vital to the na
tion’s peacetime reconversion is
hit harder than ever by the pyr
amiding ill effects of the 33-day
old soft coal strike. This is
how the absence of 418,000 min
ers from pits in 25 States, crip
pled coal-dependent operartions.
of utilities.
Low stockpiles of coal bring
the prospect of worse “brown
out’ restrictions than existed dur
ing the war to highly industrial
ized centers, including New York
'Chicago and Detroit.
In Chicago a state of emerg
ency already is declared. Steel
curtailment of production sched
ules resulted in the banking of
additional blast furnaces and id
ling more workers in the plants
of Bethlehem Steel and Carnegie
^ Illinois Steel corporations, two
of the nation’s top producers.
Rail Workers
Demand Increase
CHICAGO, May 3,—(tf*)—Three
unions of railroad operating
workers notified management of
their demands for wage increases,
of $1.20 per day additional to
boost the $1.28 ordered by the
arbitration board last month.
Unless a satisfactory settlement
is reached, the unions said the
•strike vote will be taken among
the unions rank and file. The
strike will “actually occur.”
^ ODT Curtails
Travel and Freight
WASHINGTON, May 3,—</P)—
The Office of Defense Transpor
tation today ordered a fifty per
cent reduction in passenger serv
ice by coal-burning locomotives, |
effective May 15th to conserve)
the dwindling coal supplies.
From May 10th to May 15th
^ service will be reduced 25 per
cent.
ODT last night clamped a gen
eral embargo on freight ship
ments, with certain exceptions.
Unify Army - Navy.
Says Adm. Nimitz
• WASHINGTON, May 3,—(/P)—
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
appeared before the Senate Naval
committee and declared, “The
basic defects” of pending legis
FILIPINOS fv. OVE — Water buffaloes plod alons a country road haulimr bouses mou.u^i on
two-wheeled carls as Filipino natives move to a now local.on.
Shuniei Okawa
Slaps Tojo
TOKYO, May 3,-(/P|—Two
lusty slaps on the top of Tojo's
glistening bald head, by a cap
ricious co-defendent, startled the
courtroom, as twenty-eight Japs
heard themselves accused of hav
ing plunged the Pacific into a
war of greed.
The playful smacks were only
a part of the antics of Shumei
Okawa, who long advocated an
aggressive war to drive the the
white races out of Asia, was
shouting gibberish even the Jap-'
anese said could not understand.1
Okawa had to be pulled forcibly
from the courtroom by American
military police at the afternoon
recess as the clerks droned,
through the lengthy indictments'
in both English and Japanese.
Okawa, once an official of the
Southern Manchurian railway,
prayed with gestures as he unbut
toned his blouse to bare his thin
chest. Then with a cunning grin
he leaned forward and slapped
the unsuspecting Tojo on his un-!
shaven head.
i
lation to unify the army and navy
could be remedied to eliminate
the fears of the navy, of becoming
a “weak-link” in the national
security chain.
He said, “Military naval serv
ices should be restored to ‘an in
dependent department of thei
States’.” |
William Jackson
New President
National Chamber
ATLANTIC C|TY, N.J. May
3, —OP)—Eric Johnson, retiring
president of the United States
Chamber of Commerse said today
"American businessmen must
create a new kind of capitalim!
or ‘face the threat of economic
liquidation’.”
William Jackson, of Boston,
vice president of United Fruit1
Cojnpany, was elected president
of the chamber at its 34th annual
meeting.
Johnson said the new view of
capitalism ‘‘which I earnestly re
commend, holds capitalism is a
human institution, vibrant and ev
olutionary, capable of constantly!
adjusting itself to new conditions.)
Flood Control
Bill Signed
• _
WASHINGTON, May 3, — (/P>—
A $333,000,000 Money bill, as
suming the resumption of peace
time navigation and flood con
trol, was signed today by Pres
ident Truman.
The money will be used by
army engineers for the year be
ginning July 1.
Included in the projects listed!
is the Wrangell Narrows with!
an amount of $500,000. I
ARABS STRIKE
IN JERUSALEM
JERUSALEM, May 3,—(A*)—A
crowd of more than three thou
sand stone-hurling Arabs marked
the advent of a general Arab
strike throughout Palestine, with
demonstrations before the mosque
of Elaqsa, at the historic Dam
ascus gate.
About 100 British troops with
tommy-guns and armored cars,
held the throng at bay and hast
ily erected barb wire barricades
to prevent movement from the
Old City of Jerusalem through
the gate. The Arabs hurled
stones at the troops during a
heavy rainfall.
ICE MAY HOLD
TILL SUNDAY
NENANA, Alaska May 3,—
The ice in the Tanana river is
fairly shaky today as open water
rises about one mile above and
about one-half mile below’ the
tripod, but it is thought the ice
would hold till Sunday. KFAR
gives a nightly broadcast from the
river bank at 9:15 p.m.
HERMANN HOOP
RETURNS WITH TRACTOR
Hermann Hoop returned Wed
nesday with a tractor which he
recently purchased from the U.
S. Surplus Property Office. The
tractor was formerly army equip
ment at Cape Spencer.
Two Guards Dead
In Prison Riot
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3,—
CP)—A second guard has been
slain on embattled Alcatraz Is
land as rioting by desperate con
victs continued into the second
day. Guard William A. Miller
died in a hospital as new at
tacks were launched to dislodge
six of the nation’s toughest con
victs from their stronghold in the
prison cell-block.
Guard Harold P. Stites was
killed by machine-gun fire at the
i outset of the rioting yesterday
! afternoon when the convicts
seized the arsenal. About 8:15
a.m. shafts of white smoke were
seen streaming into the sky, fol
lowed by sounds of explosions.
New attacks were begun at
3:30 a:m: when the guard at the
prison reported by telephone to
the Associated Press that he did
not have time to talk but, “We
are sure going after them right
now." Six convicts during the
night held 10 prison officers as
hostages for about seven hours,
shooting some and injuring others.
All but one of the hostages were
rescued in a raging gun battle.
The break began with the
overpowering of a guard and the
' capture of guns and ammunition
i from the prison arsenal.
The police from San Francisco
and Oakland are assisting.
Twelfth Victim
Small Pox
Dies In Seattle
SEATTLE. May 3,—bP)—'The
twelfth victim of small pox in
the Seattle outbreak died six days
after being admitted to Harbor
view hospital. There are still
nine cases in the city.
Mother Deserts
Baby In Seattle
SEATTLE, May 3, —(^—Pol
ice Seargent Helen Elliott said
a brown-haired, hazel-eyed baby
boy was left by its mother with
| a hotel porter Tuesday.
Efforts to locate her have been
I unsuccessful.
The mother was tentatively
j identified as a woman who ar
rived by plane from Alaska ten
days ago. Efforts are being made
to contact the husband who
believed to be in Anchorage.