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NEWS IN BRIEF
LOS ANGELES (/P)—Those peo
ple who stood up so long waiting
for Rose Bowl tickets aren’t taking
it lying down.
Four plaintiffs, asserting they
represent 400 men and women
who lined up for tickets to the
New Year’s day football contest
and didn’t get them, filed suit to
day for $100 damages for each of
the 400 from the Tournament of i
Roses Assn., the University of
California board of regents, and
* the Associated Students at UCLA.
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Republi
can members of the Senate’s war
investigating committee were told
today that overall profits of war
contractors averaged “substantial
ly below 10 per cent.”
Brig. Gen. Maurice Hirsch, whc
supervised the renegotiation of
billions of dollars worth of these
contracts, offered this guess at e
one-hour session of the committee.
Chairman Brewster (R.-Me.)
called the hearing a “rump ses
sion” after explaining that the
four new Democratic members
have not been appointed and that1
General Hirsch is ending his gov
ernment service today.
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Federal,'
Communications Commission ap- i
proval of construction permits for!
the Aleutian Broadcaster and the:
Midnight Sun Broadcasting Co., |
both of Anchorage, was announced
today. The Aleutian Broadcaster
application was filed last June by
Keith Capper. The Midnight Sun
company is operated by Austin E.,
(Cap.) Lathrop, who also operates
radio station KFAR, Fairbanks,
and newspapers, theaters and
other enterprises in the Territory, i
SEATTLE, (/P)—Butter prices to
producers and retailers, started up i
today for the first time since a se- j
ries of price skids started in De
cember. Produce row dealers pre-!
dieted the retail price would ad- j
vance two or three cents a pound
by Monday or Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Secretary
of War Patterson today disapprov-1
ed the applications of West Point
athletes Blanchard, Davis and
Poole for leave of absence to play
professional football.
ATHENS, Ga. (^»)—Chas. Trup
pi and his new boss Charles Bid
wull of the Chicago Cardinals pro
fessional football team, were shak
en up but escaped with minor in
juries when their motor car over
turned twice near here late yester
day.
NEW ORLEANS, (ff)— Black
smiths at the fair grounds here
have demanded increased fees for
their work and horsemen have an
nounced they will steadfastly re
fuse to pay them even if they have
to run their horses shoeless.
The blacksmiths, who plate from
60 to 80 horses per day, have been
receiving $9.50 for a set of steel
plates and $11.50 for a set of
aluminum shoes. They have de
manded, in addition, that they be
paid $15 for each winner they
plate.
HIKING IN ] APA N — CpI. Guy Rimes (left), Miami, Fla.; Lt. Katherine Battzis (center),
Manchester, N. H., and CpI. Frank Rebant, Detroit, Mich., hike near the Kamaya hotel, now a rest
center for American forces at Nikko, Japan. In the background is a sacred bridge which was opened
once a year for a messenger of the emperor to ride across.
MacArthur Orders
Strike Cancelled
TOKYO, (/P)—Japanese leftists,
including labor leaders of Japan’s
2,40u,u0U government employees,
suffered a quick double defeat to
day.
General MacArthur, in his first
direct personal intervention in
Nipponese labor disputes, ordered
the leftist labor leaders to cancel
their call for a strike tomorrow of
all govenment employees. The
walkout, in support of demands
for triple current wages and as a
protest against continuance of
Premier Yoshida and his conserv
ative cabinet, would have crippled
seriously, if not halted, transpor
tation, communications, utilities
and other services.
The government had offered to
double wages.
MacArthur said the strike would
have violated his directive against
activities detrimental to the occu
pation.
Two hours later, Emperor Hiro
hito invested a reorganized cabinet
which included six newly appoint
ed conservatives. Yoshida himself
added the important agriculture
and forestry portfolio (one minis
try) to his premiership and the
foreign ministry he already held.
MacArthur killed the strike or
der with an order of his own: “I
will not pemit the use of so deadly
a social weapon.”
To Inspect Task
Force Frigid
FORT MONROE, Va. (/P)—Gen.
Jacob L. Devers, commanding
general of the army ground forces,
accompanied by a party of ground
forces and tactical air command
officers will leave by air at 8 a.m.
tomorrow from Langley Field on
an inspection trip to task forces
frigid and Williwaw in Alaska, it
was announced today by AGF
headquarters at Fort Monroe.
General Devers’ party, including
Major Gen. E. R. Quesada, com
manding general of the tactical air
command with headquarters at
Langley Field, is scheduled to be
away for more than two weeks.
Magnuson Gives 2
Alternatives For
Alaska Shipping
(By Charles D. Watkins)
((>P) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, (JP) — Govern
ment operation of steamship serv
ice to Alaska was held out today
by Senator Magnuson (D.-Wash.)
as one of two alternatives he be
lieves could solve the Territory’s
shipping problem.
The Senator, who said he would
' introduce emergency legislation
authorizing the maritime commis
I sion to provide war-built vessels at
, nominal charter hire to the three
present steamship l nes serving the
Territory, said such a plan was
the other alternative.
A conference between the shin
operators maritime commission
representatives, a House merchant
marine subcommittee and Alas
kans worked out the legislative
proposal.
The legislation would also au
thorize the maritime commission
to insure the vessels, recapture all
above six per cent profit on their
operation and coordinate the serv
ice of the three lines—the Alaskan
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OPA To Allow
Rent Increases •
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Major
Gen. Philip B. Fleming, director of
the office of temporary controls,
took responsibility today for the
never-issued OPA rent increase
order. He said it was blocked by
President Truman himself.
He told the Senate banking com
mittee that the order was present
ed to the President for final ap
proval by his deputy, James W.
Follin, because Fleming himself
had been called away from the
Capital by the death of his mother.
OPA made all arrangements
Wednesday for issuance of the or
der, allowing a 10 per cent hike ir
rent ceilings. It was not put out,
and the White House announced
President Truman felt any rent in
crease was a matter for Congress.
Suggests Leasing
Oil Reset •ves
_
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The Sen
ate oil investigating committee to
day suggested that the three naval
oil reserves in this country be
turned back to the public domain
for leasing. Alaska, was not in
cluded "because exploration there
i has only started.”
The committee said in its final
report that the three western re
serves are estimated to have 376,
000,000 barrels of recoverable oil.
i "It is obvious,” the report said,
“that the amount of oil producible
daily from these modest reserves
: would constitute but slight assist
ance in the event of war. . . .
I "Tne huge supply requisite for
i war purposes can best be assured
by the existence of a strong pri
vate industry which is already in
full operation when the emergency
occurs.”
Chairman O’Mahoney (D.-Wyo.)
said the navy had expressed will
ingness to have Teapot Dome
turned over for leasing.
The amount available "is not
enough to be of any particular
moment in an emergency,” he
said, adding that the source of sup
; ply for future emergencies “is
• much more likely to come from
synthetic fuel.”
Anesthetic Ex
plodes; Kills Lady
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P)—A San
Francisco woman died today from
what deputy coroner Harold Hon
ore said was an explosion within
her body of anesthetic adminis
| tered to her for an abdominal op
eration.
Mrs. Freida Stanford, 49, suc
cumbed 12 hours after the mishap,
in Stanford Lane hospital.
Honore said the anesthetic was
ether and cyclopropane.
Dr. Ludwig Emge, who was per
forming the operation, said every
precaution had been taken and
described the accident as a rarity
in medical experience, which he
believed was caused “by a static
charge in the air.”
LIFTING THE LID
AT JUNEAU
(Special to The Nugget*
JUNEAU, Jan. 29, 6:30 p.m.—
Senators Joe Green 'D. 1st Divp
and O. I). Cochrane *D. 2nd Div.»
intrdouced a bill to abolish the
Alaska Development Board, de
claring an emergency.
Treasurer Oscar Olson was given
a two hour quizzing in the Senate
this afternoon relative to the an
nual report which showed a bank,
balance of about $231,000, but that
this included sums obligated for
specific purposes.
A recapitulation of all funds on
hand December 31 by the Territo
rial auditor revealed that many
items credited to the treasury com
prised special funds already al
lotted which were not available
for general disbursement.
Recapitulation
The auditor’s “recap” showed
the following condition of the
treasury on December 31:
Treasurer’s net cash
balance .....$231,303.31
Less:
Special Funds .$122,617.04
Grants and appropri
ations for special pur
poses .$344,194.07
Total non-disbursable
funds .$466,811.11
Deficit Dec. 31, 1946 $235,507.90
uison explained earm a r k e d
funds were drawn upon to meet
general expenses. The practice has
i oeen in effect many years. The of
fice never showed a deficit before
as there has always been from a
million and a half to two million
on hand.
The Senators expressed dissatis
faction but no reflection on his of
fice.
senator O. D. Cochran said they
were shown the treasury was
broke and warned against unnec
essary spending.
JUNEAU, Jan. 30. 12:45 p.m.—
At a joint session Thursday after
noon Gov. Gruening delivered his
fourth, and what he said in all
probability his last, message to the
Legislature.
“We must balance the budget,”
the Governor said. "We have no
authority or right, legally or mor
ally to go beyond prospective rev
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Central U. S. Still
Storm Bound
(By The Associated Press)
Temperatures began to fall
sharply in the north central states
o lay as a new cold wave develop
ed after the heaviest snow and
; s.eot storm of the winter.
The midwest was still digging
; its way out of the drifts which
I measured as high as 13 feet in
Milwaukee and communications
were disrupted in many communi
ties. Milwaukee schools and busi
nesses were closed while railroads
tried to resume operations.
Along with the snow and sleet
storm, southern tornadoes added to
the mid-week weather deaths
which which reached 27 today.