Labor Flurries
Over The States
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men’s union ended the brief news
paper strike in the nation’s capi
tal. The walkout halted publica
tion of the Washington Post, Eve
ning Star, Time-Herald and News.
Leaders of the striking local
said they went out because of fail
ure to negotiate a new contract to
replace one that expired Feb. 7.
Publishers said the pressmen were
protected by the old contract
pending agreement on a new one.
They said the strikers violated a
contract clause by walking out
without notice.
In San Francisco, Harry Brid
ges claimed an overwhelming vote
of confidence from his left wing
longshoreunion in his attack on
national CIO policies. Union head
quarters said the membership
voted 632Vi to 11 Vi in support of
his stand on union “autonomy.”
Bridges was among signers of a
convention report accusing the na
tional organization of interfering
with autonomy of the internation
al longshore union. The report
promised a fight against any move
to split the union into two groups,
longshoremen and warehousemen.
Ph lip Murray. CIO president,
caller! some of Bridges’ statement
“an unmitigated falsehood.”
A strike at the Ohio River ord
nance works near Henderson Xy.,
and a power failure at the munici
pal power plant threw 1.259 per
sons out of work Wednesday. The
strike followed a breakdown in
negotiations between company
and AFL chemical workers repre
sentatives. It affected 300 workers.
The company offered a five
cents an hour wage increase. The
Union asked for 35 cents. The
present scale starts at 94.5 cents.
The power failure forced clos
ing of five manufacturing plants.
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ILWU Questions
Payments
SAN FRANCISCO, (^—Presi
dent Philip Murray of the CIO
says that Harry Bridges should
get CIO financial and policy re
ports personally if his longshore
union wants them.
Murray made an answer by
telegraph to the CIO international
longshoremen’s convention yester
day.
The convention by telegraph
asked yesterday for a direct ans
wer to this question:
“Will the national CIO make
available to national unions ex
clusively CIO financial reports
setting forth per capita payments
and sums of money received from
those unions?”
Murray’s reply said:
“If you exercise your influence
to have your president 'Bridges'
participate regularly in the CIO
executive board meetings, we
should experience no difficulty in
having a general understanding of
CTO policies.”
lie added he deeply appreciated
ILWU interest in CIO policy mat
ters.
JAPAN CELEBRATES
BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY
TOKYO. I/P)—Japan today cele
brated the 2,515th birthday of
Qautama Buddha, a holy man
whose influence in this country is
slipping.
The anniversary was observed
principally by children who base
songs, dances and processions on
the legends surrounding Buddha’s
birth.
The ceremonies included the
sprinkling of sweetened tea and
flower petals over the heads of
Buddha images to commemorate
the sweet rain and show of flower
petals which are said to have her
alded his birth.
Many Destroyers
Transferred To
Atlantic Fleet
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escorts, most of which now are in
month balls.
There were 84 destroyers in the
Pacific before the 20 were trans
ferred. In order to get the total up
to 48, four destroyers are being
reactivated.
A Pacific fleet spokesman said
such shifts are decided by the
joint chiefs of staff, and reasons
and implications could not be dis
cussed here.
However, the destroyer move
ment follows a self-evident strat
egy deployment, which is concen
trating in the Atlantic and the
Mediterranean.
Aside from submarines, the
navy has in the Pacific only two
surface striking forces worthy of
the name.
One is made up of four cruisers
and supporting destroyers divided
between Japan and China in the
Western Pacific.
The other is composed of two
first-line carriers, the Boxer and
the Valley Forge. They are based
on the West Coast with support
ing cruisers and destroyers.
COMMUNITY CHORUS EASTER
NIGHT AT FEDERATED
The community chorus has been
practicing for several weeks on
Easter music which is to be pre
sented at the Federated Church on
Easter Sunday at 3:00 p.m.
The chorus of about twenty
voices is under the direction of
Mrs. \V .Cameron, and includes
many well known master favorites
as well as some new numbers.
Chaplain Fricke will conduct
the services and will be guest
1 speaker.
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ALASKA AIRLINES
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Small Inventories
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Loans To Drop
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W A S H I NGTON, CP) — Mer
chants, taking a cue from their
customers, are going light on buy
ing.
“Very conservative inventory
and buying policies” were cited
by government officials today as
the chief cause of a drop in busi
ness loans since Christmas. This
drop has outdone anything of the
sort in previous post-war years.
These loans are used in large
part to finance purchases of stocks
of goods. Officials said merchants
not only have cut back buying for
inventory—lest they get caught in
a phase of declining prices—but
also have been paying off old
loans as fast as possible.
The business loans drop, as
measured in federal reserve board
reports from member banks in the
nation’s leading cities, has run un
broken for the last ten years. It
carried the volume of business
loans down $670,000,000 from the
December 22 peak.
This drop of more than four per
cent in three months is due to
lack of demand rather than to
newly-tightened bank lending pol
icies, officials said. They added
that reports reaching here show
no sign of unusual calling-in or
loans by the banking system.
Buying caution by merchants
was rated a “healthy” sign. The
| official position is that the coun
try would be better off if business
men guard against building up big
inventories. Such heavy stocks of
goods might later have to be
dumped in forced selling, some
thing that has accentuated trouble
in the past “boom or bust” cycles.
COL.. F. H. BLACK
ADDRESSED NOME ROTARY
ON ARMY DAY TALK
At the regular noon luncheon of
the Nome Rotary Club Thursday,
Col. F. H. Black, told Rotarians
and other guests present of the
past and future plans for the U. S.
Army, National Guard an 1 Offi
cers Reserve. He went into detail
regarding the historical life of the .
army and its value to present day
science for humanity.
Col. Black is personnel officer
for the army in Alaska.
Other guests present were: Col.
W. N. Taylor, U. S. Army; Major
Clyde S. Shield", director of train
ing at Marks AFB, commanding
officer in the absence of Col. Har
ry Burkhalter who is in Anchor
age this week: Dr. F. Langsam,
new doctor for Nome; Luther
Dunbar, mayor of Nome; Ted C.
Duffield, U. S. Commissioner of
Nome.
BIDS ON AIR FORCE CON
STRUCTION OPENED
ANCHORAGE, f/P) — Low bid
ders were announced today by the
Alaskan air command for air force
construction in Alaska. The bids
were opened in Seattle Tuesday
and Wednesday, and will be ana
lyzed before awarding of con-,
tracts.
Bids were accepted both on the
deficiency program and the regu
lar 194!) fiscal year military up- .
proprintion program. They totaled
$14,653,141.
Oh, a sad life it is far from home.
For the G.I. Joes that roam
Our City asearchin’
For some kind of diversion,
So let’s build that ICE RINK for
Nome!
BUY QUEEN VOTES!
Seabees Honored
Two Alaska Creeks
Named For Them
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WASHINGTON. i/P)—1The Sea
bees, builders of war-time camps
and airfields around the world,
have come in for a bit of well
chilled recognition.
So did one of the weapon- «>f
war—that tracked vehicle, the
weasel.
Two creeks in the frozen north,
on the Alaskan slopes that drain
into the Arctic Ocean, were named
in their honor.
The board on geographic names
approved the new names on re
commendation of the geological
survey. Survey engineers thus ex
pressed their gratitude to 4he men
and machines 4hat a:ded them m
five seasons of charting the north
ern Alaska naval oil reserves.
Seabee Creek, eight mile- long,
runs into the Colville River nea'4
Umiat. Alaska. Weasel Creek. 12
miles long, drains into Maybe
Creek in the same general area.
The board altogether approved
41 place names for northern Alas
ka. Most of them were it om
menried by the geological urvey,
lor the naval oil uni*, in an effort
to standardize map spellings and
designations. The coast _c iet.c
survey recommended some o: the
names .
Two Eskimos who aided both
groups in determining the correct
spellings of various names were
recommended for inclusion in the
list. Paneak Bluff would have
been named for Simon Paneak.
and Kakena Creek for Elijah K.a
kcna.
The board informed the engin
eers it disapproves of naming
places for living persons.
“I'd hate to shoot those men to
get their names on the map.” «>h
engineer replied. “How about Ka
enap Bluff—Paneak backward?”
The four-mile-long tributary t<
the Chandler River, near Castle
Mountain, was named Torok
Check for an Eskimo sled dog that
accompanied a geological survey
field party in the area in 194K.
DR. J. B. TUCKER WILL
LEAVE FOR STATES
Dr. J. B. Tucker who has been,
in charge of the Maynard Colum
bus Hosiptal for the pa^t two years
departed today to join his family
in the States.
Dr. Tucker who was here at the
time of the fire which destroyed
the lacol hospital was very active
and co-opeartive in the quick re
organization of the emergency
hospital which is being used now
and also in planning the new Ma\'
nard McDougal Memorial Hospital
which will soon be opened.
He will join Mrs. Tucker who
left a few months ago due to ill
health.
BERLIN GHOULS BURN
ROYAL COFFINS
BERLIN, OP) — Berlin’s ghouls
have no respect for royalty. They
have plundered the graves oi kai
sers and princes and stealing cof
fin covers for firewood.
This desecration centers chiefly
at the old Garrison church, near
the imperial castle in ihe Soviet
sector. The church was ruined
during the war. However, in its
vaults are still some 200 coffins.
Thieves who have broken them
open apparently were searching
for valuables. But the wooden cov
ers obviously were removed ,fvr
fuel.