Matson SS. Sues
Three Unions For
k Strike Damages
HONOLULU, </P>—A $1,500,000
damage action marked Hawaii s
lingering waterfront strike today
—the 76th day since CIO steve
dores tied up the ports for a 32
' cents an hour wage increase.
The damage suit was filed by
Matson Navigation company, larg
est shipping firm serving the is
lands. It asked $20,000 additional
damages for each day the tie-up
continues.
Matson named three defend
ants: The international longshore
men’s and warehousemen’s union,
to which the 2,000 striking stcve
^ dores belong; the CIO marine
' cooks and stewards union, and the
independent Pacific marine fire- j
men, oilers, watertenders and wip
ers association.
A spokesman for Matson said
the suit was filed yesterday under |
provisions of the Tafi-Hartley act. |
These provisions, he said, author
ize companies to "sue for damages i
resulting from illegal acts by un
ions” and for ‘‘damages by reason
of breach *yf existing contracts.”
The suit charges the two mari
time unions with breach of con
tracts. Firemen and stewards
walked off five of the 10 Matson
ships tied up here by the strike.
The walkouts came on three when
Matson tried to sail them back to
San Francisco and when two oth
ers were seized temporarily under
federal court orders for unloading
cargo.
Fred Low, Jr., chairman of the
ILWU strike strategy committee,
said filing of the suit “obviously is
another attempt of the big five to
break the strike and harrass the
union. It will not work.”
'The big five is composed of five
companies dominant in the econo
mic life of the islands at least un
til the beginning of the war with
Japan. Some sources deny their
control exists to such an extent
today and in fact, they say. never
extended to the extent credited to 1
them before the war'.
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Six Years Old
BUENOS AIRES, </P>_The Dili
gcntj’s “five young imps,” as then
lather calls the quintuplets, are
six today—that is six years old.
Their household will realize it
better tomorrow because they are
in school today. Franco Diligent i’s
parental boss of the two boys and
three girls, postponed their sixth
anniversary party so the hilarity
would not interfere with their ed
ucation.
Franco, Jr., Carlos Albert, Ma
ria Fernanda, Maria Esther and
Maria Cristina — the precocious
and peppy youngsters — are ex
pected to keep a large staff of
servants on the go, whey they cel
ebrate tomorrow. Papa Diligenti
says they really tear the house
apart when they get started.
They all speak English and
French and their mother’s native
tongue, Italian, in addition to
Spanish.
Beheading was formerly con
sidered an honorable execution.
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SATURDAY, JULY 16th.
ARMY OFFICERS INSPECT
NATIONAL GUARD UNIT
Thursday night in the high
school auditorium the Nome unit
of the national guard was inspect
ed for federal recognition by Col.
J. D. Alexander, in charge of the
guard in Alaska.
Thomas Martin was instituted
as commanding officer and Theo
dore Newhouse was made execu
tive officer of Company A, and
will hold the rating of 2nd Lt.
The officers in charge of the
units of the Second Division will
be Captain William Angell, 2nd
Lt. Daniel A. Jones, 2nd Lt. Wes
ley Welsh, and 2nd Lt. Robert M.
Hoi berg.
Capt. Thomas P. Cunningham,
chaplain, is to be the chaplain for
the national guard throughout the
Territory with rank in the Chap
lain Corps.
Col. E. Upson, inspector gener
al of the army in Alaska, made
the inspection of the unit and com
plimented the men highly for
their interest.
He stated that the guard was an
asset to the community and would
be necessary in time of war.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., <£’>—
The snap of u trapdoor on the
Washington State penitentiary
i gallows ended the bloody wander
ings of Jake Bird at 12:20 a.m. to
i day.
The 48-year-old Negro transient
who had confessed knowing about
or taking part in 44 murders dur
i ing his cross-country roaming.
J was hanged for the ax murder of
I Mrs. Bertha Kludt in Tacoma, |
i Wash., on Oct. 30, 1047. Mrs.
| Tony Schwamm
Installed As
AA & Ct Director
ANCHOR AGE, (JP) — Tony
Schwamm, widely known Alaskan
bush pilot, and former owner of
the Petersburg Air Service, was
installed as director of the Alaska
Aeronautical and Commun.ation
Commission at the end of its two
day session here Wednesday.
Among those attending the Ter
ritory-wide meeting were Gov. Er
nest Gruening, Jack Carr, Anchor
age: Bill Lavery, Fairbanks: Neil
Foster, Nome; Sheldon Simmons,
Juneau: William Hixson, Juneau,
and Frank Metcalf, Territorial
highway engineer.
Officials of the civil aeronau
tics administration and the U. S.
air force were also in attendance.
The convention voted to estab
lish an office in Anchorage to co
ordinate Territorial flying affairs
and set up a commission to pro
mote flying in the Territory.
Among primary projects adopt
ed were the expansion of airfields
at Fort Yukon, Kotzebue. Palmer
and Skagway.
Activities of the comm >sion
will be closely allied with 'hose
of the armed forces, Schwamm
said. Schwamm has flown
Southeastern Alaska about 112
years and served in the navy air
corps as a lieutenant commander.
Kludt and her daughter. Beverly,
were fatally knifed and bludgeon
ed when they caught Bird prowl
ing their home.
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