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Seattle Chamber
To Ask Prevention
Shipping Strikes
- SEATTLE, (/P)—Seattle’s Cham
ber of Commerce trustees voted
full support yesterday of its Alas
ka Division campaign to keep
** ships moving to the territory
without interruption.
The board approved a resolu
tion to high federal officials to
take action to prevent any fur
ther stoppage during labor nego
tions or disputes.
D. ’ E. Skinner, vice president
and general manager of the Alas
ka Steamship Co., said sea ship
ments north through this city last
year totaled 200 million dollars,
and shipments south, 150 millions.
Every Seattle business, he said, is
affected adversely by the shipping
tieup.
Stressing the plight of Alaskans
in general, Skinner said the city
of Nome, dependent almost en
tirely on ocean shipping, has not
* been visited by a vessel from the
States since last September. Al
askan bakeries and laundries are
going out of business, Skinner
continued, because they can’t get
flour and other supplies. Salmon
canning, mining and defense con
struction are threatened, he said.
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Two Alaska Steam Vessels
Sail For SE Alaska Ports
SEATTLE, (/P) — The freighter
Coastal Monarch sailed for South
♦ eastern Alaska ports at midnight
Tuesday after the Sailors Union
of the Pacific granted special
clearance.
The freighter had been held at
its dock here since May 24. Union
officials said it was released to
keep vegetables and other per
ishable goods aboard from spoil
ing.
The Alaska freighter Flemish
Knot also was scheduled to sail
for Alaska today under the
union’s release of ships carrying
military cargo.
The Coastal Monarch was slated
to dock at Juneap, Ketchikan
and other southeastern ports.
Sparrows Nest In Air.
Scoop of Fairbanks Plane
FAIRBANKS, (yP)—Frank Barr,
flying as a “bush route” pilot for
Alaska Airlines, ran into a new
hazard of the airways Monday.
Barr, an ex-territorial senator
and ex-U.S. marshal, felt some
thing was wrong after a takeoff
here. Mechanics could find no
thing wrong with the plane when
he returned to the field for a
check.
A couple of sparrows solved the
mystery when they disappeared
into an air scoop under the en
gine. A mechanic reached in and
pulled out a bird’s nest.
Plans Are Halted For
Clean Up of Burned Out
Buildings Set For Tonight
With over a hundred civic
minded volunteers and a generous
offering of equipment for the re
moval of two burned buildings
which have been standing on
Front Street for two years, plans
were halted today when the
Chamber of Commerce committee
was unable to reach a final agree
ment with one of the property
, owners.
Larry Galvin, president of the
Chamber, stated, “We regret that
after such a splendid response
from the community as a whole
that we were unable at the last
minute to get a release from one
of the property owners. We wish
to thank everyone for their un
selfish and whole-hearted effort
and support.”
In addition to volunteers for
labor, the Home Arts Club had
taken the responsibility of seeing
that the workers would be fed.
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Reds and U.N. Exchange
Strongly Worded Notes
On Prisoner Exchange
MUNSAN, UP)—United Nations
and Communist truce negotiators
exchanged strongly worded notes
Wednesday on prisoners of war.
The Reds backed theirs with a re
newed threat that Red armies in
Korea might march.
North Korean Gen. Nam II laid
on the P-anmunjom conference
table a written protest against
what the Reds termed “barbarous
and cowardly” treatment of cap
tured Reds on Ko'je Island. He re
minded the Allies of earlier warn
ings that Red armies would not
sit idle while Communist soldiers
•are “massacred.”
Maj. Gen. Wm. K. Harrison, de
manded that the Reds “without
further delay” account for nearly
1,000 United Nations soldiers be
lieved captured by the Reds but
never listed by them. The senior
U.N. Command delegate’s note
listed 91 names, mo’stly Americans
to add to 895 names compiled by
the U.N. since December.
Here’s A Man Who Didn’t
Know You Have To File
Income Tax Returns
ALEXANDRIA, Va., (JP) — A
man who said he didn’t know Vir
ginia resident had to pay federal
income taxes has been convicted
of failing to file on $28,840 income
for the years 1948-50.
Dr. Victor L. Meyers, 56, Alex
andria chiropractor, told federal
district court Tuesday he had not
filed federal returns since mov
ing to Virginia in 1921.
He said he had been told by a
friend that if he moved to Vir
ginia he wouldn’t have to pay
federal taxes.
Tanks and Troops
Root Out Defiant
POWs On Koje Is.
KOJE ISLAND, Korea, (/P) —
U.S. troops and tanks Wednesday
raided three Communist prisoner
of war pens and brought out de
fiant leaders amid indications au
thorities were cutting food rations
in two of the island’s toughest
compounds.
After the guards knocked down
flag poles and burned Russian,
Chinese Red and North Korean
flags, correspondents learned that
bags of sand instead of food were
delivered at compounds 85 and 96.
Authorities on this big island
prison refused to comment im
mediately on this development.
However, correspondent have
heard rumors the past two days
that the defiant prisoners had
been given reduced rations to
bring them into line. This method
of discipline is allowed under the
Geneva Convention for treatment
of prisoners.
Not a shot was fired when the
tanks and troops moved into the
three compounds, although the
Red prisoners inside had boasted
they would “fight to* the death.”
The smartly executed one-two
punch at Communist disobedience
destroyed all Red banners that
flew over this one riot-torn island.
But camp authorities expect more
may appear Thursday.
Seventeen anti-Communist pri
soners, their hands bound, were
rescued from o*ne compound.
Margin of Victory Close
In South Dakota Primary
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., OP) — A
handful of votes may tip the bal
ance Wednesday in South Da
kota’s slam-bang presidential pri
mary battle between Sen. Taft
and Gen. Eisenhower.
As counting of Tuesday’s record
Republican balloting resumed,
Taft clung to a slender, narrow
ing lead in a contest for 14 nom
inating delegates and the prestige
of a victory in the final ballot
box test before the Chicago con
vention.
The count was:. Taft 61,730;
Eisenhower 60,993.
With an estimated 15,000 votes
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yet to be tabulated, the winner’s
margin seemed likely to be only
a few hundred at most.
Many of the 225 precincts yet
unreported lay in the far western
area of the state, where Eisen
hower was proving himself strong
in the cities and towns but Taft
was ahead in country areas.
The 14 delegates involved
would not change the relative
standing of the two major candi
dates appreciably. Taft had 420
delegates and Eisenhower 387 in
the Associated Press tabulation,
not counting South Dakota’s.
Senate Passes Over Six
Billion Dollars to Operate
30 Federal Agencies
WASHINGTON, (/P)—’The Sen
ate worked 12 hours Tuesday to
pass two appropriation bills.
The long session ended Tuesday
night with approval of a measure
providing more than six billion
dollars to operate about 30 federal
agencies.
Earlier the Senate passed a bill
authorizing the government to
spend more than $1,300,000,000 in
federal aid to states for modern
izing and maintaining the high
ways during a two year period
starting July 1, 1953.
Included in the bill approved
Tuesday night is money for the
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White House and President Tru
man’s salary for his last 6Vfe
months in office and the salary o*f
his sueessor for his first 5Vfc
months.
The biggest portion approved
by the Senate is $3,800,000,000 to
maintain hospitals and other ser
vices for veterans.
The measure provides over a
billion dollars fcrr the Atomic En
ergy Commission and 340 million
for the Civil Service Commission.
California Voters Choose
Kefauver and Knowland
In Slap at Administration
SAN FRANCISCO, (IP)—Cali
fornia voters gave the state’s 68
Democratic convention votes to
Sen. Kefauver and re-elected Re
publican Sen. Knowland in a
double slap at the Truman ad
ministration in Tuesday’s pri
mary.
Both ran up sweeping victories
as did Gov. Warren in his bid for
the Republican presidential nom
ination. Warren won California’s
70 Republican convention votes by
a 2V£ to one margin.
Kefauver defeated a slate orig
inally drawn to support President
Truman at the Democratic con
vention.
Both Kafauver and Knowland
victories were interpreted as re
buffs for the California Democrat
ic party leaders who have backed
Truman. Knowland has been a
vigorous opponent of both Tru
man’s domestic and foreign pol
icies.
Fever-Producing Jaundice
Breaks Out On Kodiak
KODIAK, Alaska, (IP) — New
warnings have been issued here as
the result of three new cases of
Weils Disease last week.
All military personnel have been
warned to boil or chlorinate
drinking water.
A rodent - elimination program
over a period of several months
has been aimed at the disease
danger. It is spread by animals,
primarily rats.
Weils Disease is a fever-produc
ing type of jaundice.
Senate Bill Would
Prohibit Strikes In
Critical Industries
WASHINGTON, (/P)—'The Sen
ate jumped into hot debate Wed
nesday on a bill that would for
bid strikes in critical industries
for 120 days, set up a board to
recommend settlement terms, and
allow the President to seize the
industry if the terms were not
accepted.
The measure was offered by
Sen. Maybank (D-SC), chairman
of the Senate Banking Commit
tee as an amendment to the expir
ing Economic Controls Law.
Thus, Congress and the White
House started moving almost si
multaneously on plans for set
tling the two-day-old strike of
CIO steelworkers. The walkout
started Monday after the Supreme
Court struck down President Tru
man order seizing the steel mills.
Sen. Taft of Ohio, a Republican
presidential aspirant, quickly
jumped on the Maybank proposal.
He said it would be “infinitely
tougher on labor than the Taft
Hartley Act.”
Maybank told the Senate: “I
know management is not going to
like it and I know labor is not
going to like it. But I like it in
my own conscience.”
U. S. Casualties In Korea
Up 182 Since Last Week
WASHINGTON, (£>)—Announ
ced U.S. battle casualties in Korea
reached 109,159 Wednesday, an
increase of 182 since last week.
The Defense Dept, weekly sum
mary based on notification to fam
ilies through last Friday shows
these new totals:
Killed in action 17,252; wound
ed 79,426; missing 12,481; battle
deathas; missing, 9690.
NAVY ASKS BIDS FOR JAP
SUB CLEANUP AT ALEUTIANS
WASHINGTON, (£>)—The Navy
Monday asked for bids for the
cleanup of rusted Japanese sub
marines, beached or sunken ves
sels and other war wreckage in
a part of the Aleutian Island
chain.
Bids for removel of scrap and
salvige material from Kiska and
Tanaga Islands will be received
until July 15, the Navy said.
Bar Killing Claimed Accidental
FAIRBANKS, (ff) — The Air
Force Monday identified the vic
tim of a night club shooting here
last week as S/Sgt. Robert Jack
son, 33, of Kansas City, Mo.
Jackson was fatally shot as he
entered a bar. dressed in civilian
clothes here last Friday night.
The gun was held by the bar
tender, who claimed it went off
accidentally. The bartender was
held for investigation but no char
ges have been filed.
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