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LONDON, (i^P) — London was
darker than usual yesterday morn-;
ing. A partial eclipse of the sun1
darkened the city. Scientists at i
Greenwich observatory said they l
couldn’t see the eclipse through
the regular fog.
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SEATTLE, (/P) — Caswell Dan- j
iels, 50-year-old machinist aboard j
the coast and geodetic survey ship i
Explorer, was being treated for
severe face cuts in Marine hospi
tal yesterday after he was flown
here from Juneau, Alaska.
Daniels was injured when a
grindstone burst in the engine
room of the vessel.
THE DALLES, Ore., </P)—Sev
enty-year-old Nick G. Pappas’ feet
^ gave out on him here Wednesday
on his walking tour from Seattle
to New York.
Nursing blisters, he climbed
aboard a bus for the rest of the
trip. “New York is too far,” said
Pappas after a week on the road.
ASTORIA UP)—The federal me
v diation service has been asked by
the CIO cannery workers here to
intervene in its deadlocked wage
negotiations with packers.
Henry Niemela, union secretary,
said the talks have been stalemat
ed for two months. He said the
union recently asked 13 cents an
hour boost over $1.18 paid last
year. The original packers’ offer
was a 5-cent reduction in wages.
At that time the union had asked
a 25-cent boost.
ANCHORAGE, (^*) — Arthu r,
* Zumboldt, a Negro, was shot and
killed south of the city near the
Chester Creek Flats.
John Tolenic, a native, was ar
rested and held for questioning.
Police said Tolenic, a fisherman,
was drunk when arrested, and
that he would be questioned “as
soon as he’s rational.”
The marshal’s office said Tolen
ic had been released only recently
from the federal penitentiary at
McNeil Island, Wash. He was sub
dued quickly after resisting ar
rest they said.
NEW YORK, (/P) — Eight new
membdr papers have joined the
^ American Newspaper Publishers
association, it was announced
shortly before the organization’s
anhual convention closed last
night. The new members include:
Fairbanks (Alaska) News-Miner.
Cranston Williams, ANPA gen
eral manager, said 30 small papers
had dropped out of the association
in the last yer. He said some of
fj^them were operating on a margin
al basis, and may have wanted to
save the cost of ANPA dues.
SEATTLE, (/P)—A man in a po
sition to know says:
“If you’re hoping to get a job
in Alaska soon—forget it.”
A. A. Hedges, director of the
Territorial employment service,
reported today there would be no
need for additional workers in
Alaska prior to June 15.
He said his office had received
Pmore than 4,000 letters from job
•tekers in the States since Jan. 1.
Applicants in the Territory 1 far
Truman Believes
Russians Acting
In Good Faith i
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman said yesterday he believes
the Russians are acting in goodj
faith in their new moves toward |
lifting of the Berlin blockade.
The President told a news con
ference that if he didn’t think the
Russian feelers were advanced in ■
good faith, the United States
would not be continuing conversa
tions on the matter.
These conversations have now
reached the stage of final decision
with Russia controlling the next
move.
The Soviets were expected to
reply soon to the questions raised
by the western powers on whether
their only condition for ending the
, blockade is western agreement to
i a meeting of the council of foreign
ministers.
The western powers already
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Bandits Murder
Quezon Family
In Philippines
(By Spencer Davis)
MANILA, OP) *— Mrs. Aurora
Quezon, widow of the Philippine’s
first President, her daughter and
son-in-law were killed yesterday
! in a bloody machine gun ambus
cade that brought death to 10 per
| sons. Ten others were wounded.
President Elpidio Guirino, noti
fied of the ambush in the moun
tains of northern Luzon, ordered
an immediate campaign against
the killers, whom he identified as
bandits.
The Quezon party, with an
armed constabulary escort, left
Manila shortly after 5 a.m. for
Baler on the northeast coast of
Luzon. The 60-year-old widow
was to have unveiled a marker in
memory of her husband, Manuel
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Taft-Hartley Law
Test Of Loyalty
(By Jack Bell)
WASHINGTON, iff)—President
j Truman said yesterday Democrat
ic votes in Congress on Taft-Hart
ley repeal will be a test of party
loyalty.
He put actions of the lawmakers
on other Democratic platform
measures in much the same class.
Thus Mr. Truman indicated
that the Senators and Representa
tives who fail to go along with
srtiking out the two-year old labor
law and adhering to other plat
form pledges will have little to
say about who gets federal jobs.
The President left wide-open
the question of whether the law
makers who failed to back the
party candidates in last fall’s elec
tion will have any voice in patron
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outnumber the available jos, and
even highly skilled workers are
drawing unemployment compen
sation, he said.
Last Of Evacuees
Leaving Shanghai
(By Fred Hampson)
SHANGHAI, (IP) — The escape
gate from communist threatened
Shanghai began closing slowly
yesterday.
For foreigners, the last ships
were preparing to get under way.
For the Chinese, land routes
were coming under Red troop
domination.
The American liner President
Wilson, likely to be the last liner
to call here for some time, sailed
down the Whangpoo yesterday af
ternoon. Aboard were 300 evacu
ees, 150 of them American.
Those Americans who elected to j
stay in Shanghai—some 1,500 of
them—are now here, come what ’
may.
One small U. S. navy craft dur
ing the afternoon took a few
straggler refugees down the river
to the hospital ship Refuge. Navy
sources hinted that may be the
last boat out.
Big naval craft moored down
the river, out of range of com
munist shore guns, may depart to
day, one naval officer said.
The approaching communis t s
appeared to be at least 30 or 40
miles away in midafternoon, al-1
though they took Soochow (Wuh
sien), about 50 miles west of
Shanghai, early Wednesday. Their
advance may be slowed down be
cause they still have not sufficient
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Halibut Fleet
Will Refuse To Pay
Per-Man Tax
KETCHIKAN, (TP)—Members of
the Seattle fishing vessel owners
association, who control the bulk
of the non-resident fleet now de
parting for the North Pacific hal
ibut banks, are going to fish and
cut payment.
They indicated today they’ll re
fuse to pay the new $50 per man
non-resident fisherman’s license
enacted by the recent Alaska leg
islature.
Thor Henrickson of Ketchikan,
local agent for the vessel owners,
said the plan is to refuse to pay
the tax when the demand is made
and to make a test court case of it.
The law requires the buyer of
fish to deal only with licensed
crews, so the showdown is ex
pected within two weeks when the
first halibut begin to arrive.
Henricksen said the previous li
cense of $25 on non-residents did
not include halibut fishermen.
Visiting owners contend Alaska
has no jurisdiction over the fleet,
which makes its catch outside the
three-mile limit.
Merchants here said they feared (
the license would force many
boats to sell their catch at Prince
Rupert, B. C., or Seattle.
Margo Fraoman, harpist who
was presented in concert here dur
ing the winter was married April
21st in Anchorage at the Catholic
Church to Peter Britch, conductor
of the Little Symphony orchestra
there.
Navy Prepared To
Remove Americans
From Shanghai
WASHINGTON, (A*)—President
Truman declared yesterday that
the navy is amply prepared to re
move all Americans from Shang
hai.
The president told a news con
ference he understood there were
reports the navy had run out on
American civilians at Shanghai,
now threatened by Chinese com
munists.
Speaking solemnly, he said
there is no foundation in fact for
any such report.
The navy, Mr. Truman went on,
has done an excellent job at
Shanghai and has been ready at
all times to take out Americans in
the city.
The liner President Wilson, the
President said, left Shanghai with
vacancies and the President Pierce
and President Van Buren are still
available for further evacuations.
The President Wilson sailed
from Shanghai yesterday.
The navy, he added, has been
available at all times to help these
commercial liners remove Amer
icans and is still ready to do so.
“There are no navy combat j
ships there, are there?" a reporter
asked.
“Yes, there are,” the President
replied.
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Juneau Spruce Co.
Sues Union
JUNEAU, (#>)—A jury was be
ing selected yesterday in the Jun
eau Spruce corporation’s $1,025,
000 damage suit against the in
ternational longshoremen’s and
warehousemen’s union and its lo
cal here.
The corporation charges long
shoremen picketing a mill and re
fusing to handle lumber for the
company caused shutdown of the
mill for the past year.
Manley Strayer of Portland, j
Ore., is assisting Juneau attorneys
for the corporation, while George
Anderson of San Francisco is as
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Jinx Dogs Path Of
Halibut Fleet
KETCHIKAN (IP)— Misfortune
continues to dog the Seattle hali
but fleet on its trip to northern
fishing grounds.
A death and a disabled boat
were added yesterday to an earlier
grounding.
The Seattle halibut boat Liberty
was towed into Ketchikan by the
coast guard cutter Citrus after it
had drifted helplessly for several
hours. Its engine, auxiliary motor j
and radio went out.
Then the skipper and owner,
Magne (Ike> Eriksen of Seattle
was found dead in the engine
room. Death was attributed to
over exertion in attempting to get
the motors running.
George Christensen, a crew
member of another halibut boat,
will take over as Ericksen’s suc
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International News
At A Glance —
(Friday. April 29. 1949)
(By The Associated Press)
Washington diplomats said to
day plenty of snags still lie in thr
path of east-west agreement on
the thorny German issue.
Observers said, despite hope for
an early end of the Berlin block
ade, statements by secretary of
state Dean Acheson and other top
officials indicate Russia must
make radical policy changes be
fore any agreement can be reach
ed.
The talks held to date by Amer
ican ambassador Philip C. Jessup
and deputy Soviet foreign minister
Jakob Malik are reported to have
dealt only with the blockade and
arranging a foreign ministers’
meeting—but not with what the
four powers might accomplish in
such talks.
Acheson, in a New York speech
last night, pledged that the United
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Albrecht Asks
Huge Fund For
Alaska Facilities
(By Charles D. Walkins)
<'/P) Special Washington Service*
W A S H INGTON. (/Pi — Dr. C.
Earl Albrecht, health commission
er for Alaska, told a Senate com
mittee yesterday the Territory
needs money for 174 health facili
ties that would cost $30,178,000.
He urged a Senate public works
sub-committee to approve legisla
tion to set up a $70,000,000 com
munity facility public works pro
gram in the Territory to be con
structed over a four year period.
The measure contemplates the
federal government furnishing 50”
per cent of the cost of the pro
gram, with the Territory, cities,
school districts and other political
subdivisions furnishing the re
mainder.
Alaska and its communities
would be permitted to apply to the
federal works agency for funds to
carry out their programs.
In a few instances the applicant
would pay only 25 per cent of the
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Alaska SS. Obtains
Tax Injunction
JUNEAU, UP) — Federal judge
George W. Folta granted a prelim
inary injunction yesterday for the
Alaska Steamship Co., against the
Territorial tax commissioner.
He fixed May 5 for a hearing on
whether the injunction should be
made permanent.
The case arose out of an income
tax levied against company per
sonnel on ships operating between
Seattle and Alaska. The company
has been withholding the money
in a special fund under a Seattle
court order until a final decision
in a union case against the tax
withholdings.
1st quarter payments under the
new tax law would be due April
30.