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"Let a flurry of, strikes hit the
country and a clamor starts for
government to "do something."
i All those who h a v erbeen! de
bouncing regimentation ana ! aic
tatorship jump on the president
for not ending these awful strikes.
President Truman's mailbag is
heavy with complaints these days.
One letter said: "I suggest I you
lay off picnics until you get this
Detroit auto strike situation
straightened out" Former Gover
nor John Bricker of Ohio calls on
congress to "do something" about
strikes if the president fails to.
. But just what would these peo
ple have the president or congress
do? Would they have' the gov
ernment "order" men back to
work? If so, the fighting being
overf how long would such an or
der stand up in court, even if
workers recognized it? There is
still the 13th amendment forbid
ding slavery and involuntary ser
: vitude.
Would these critics have the
government order the, employers
to meet the wage demands of the
Strikers? Judging by the temper
of the complaints they are not
friendly to labor's demands. But
government to, dictate terms to
employers save by general laws?
- No, under our democratic sys
tem, the powers of government
are limited. In the case of vital
utilities, like railroads, the gov
ernment probably could assume
authority in an emergency. In the
case of the oil workers strike the
government on showing of need
for the army and navy did lake
,ver-company operations. Even
then nothing is settled except
continuity of service. The em
ployers and workers stjill have to
fight out their own controversy.
Many people think the govern
ment has gone too fair as it is,
too far i h i :
(Continued on Editorial PageX
Independence
Is Suggested to
Halt Uprising
, AMSTERDAM, Oct ,1-"
The Netherlands minister, of ov
erseas territory today declared
that the government was ready
to offer Indonesians self-government
within the Dutch common
wealth, as a solution to the na
tionalist uprising in Java.
The minister. Dr. H. A. Loge
Biann, told the Dujch lower house
that the government was willing
to discuss the proposal with In
donesian leaders "who merit con
sideration, but would not deal
with Dr.' Soekarno, president of
the "Indonesian republic
i h
. Juogemann in a long review
blamed some of the troubles in
Java On failure of the combined
chiefs of staffs to make adequate
plans to take over and adminis
tration of the East Indies direct
ly after the Japanese capitula
tion.
Meanwhile In London, the "In
donesian Republica," organized
on Java during the Japanese oc
,cupation, denied that it had de
dared war on the Netherlands. ,
'In the Javanese capital of Ba
tavia tonight four military gov
eminent were attempting to es
tablish - law" and order as small
shooting affrays broke out spas
anodlcally. ,
Quota on Newspaper
Correspondents Lifted
TOKYO, Wednesday, Oct 17-
(ff)-General MacArthur today or
dered th lifting of quotas an
Bounced last Friday which would
nave reduced the number of
newspaper correspondents in
Japan, the Philippines and Korea
He specified, however, that other
provisions of the directive. In
eluding the reversion of war cor
respondents to civilian status, re
main m effect
Animal Crackers
Bf WARREN GOODRICH
AnL Fred, $e U you can't
' get t them to do omethin g
S dbctd that long nights?
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NINETY-nrTH YEAB 1
Points For,
Discharge'
Are Cut
'More Reduction
Scheduled to Be
Effective Soon
WASHINGTON, Oct 18.-
The navy tonight announced re
ductions ir point scores for i the
greater part of its personnel, in-
tended to release
one-third of its
war-end strength
by the first of
January.
With further cijits predicted inij
December nd January, the score:
for enlisted men will be reduced;
from 44 to 41 points, effective
November 1. I - i
On the same date male officers
will be, cut from 49 to 46 point".
WAVE officers from 39 to 32 and:
WAVE enlisted personnel from;
29 to 26. j I. ;j .
Formula Unchanged ! .
No change was made in the for-3
mula by which points are comput-1
ed.
The new schedule steps up the
navy s demobilization plan by
some two months.!
The navy announcement also
said that a further reduction in
point scores for medical doctors
probably will be made on January
1.
In other classes predicted cuts
are: for male officers . other than
doctors,, to 44 points on December
and 43 points an January 1.
For enlisted male personnel, to
39 points on December 1 and to
38 points on January 1.
For WAVE officers, to 30.point3
on December 1 and 29 points on
January 1. I
For enlisted WAVES, to 1 24
points on December 1 and ! 23
points on January
The point score
for unmarried
nurses will remain at 25 until
January 1 when it Will be cut to
33. The navy announced earlier
that all married nurses would be
released by November 1.
The navy said an announcement
speeding the release of aviators,
whose point score j continues at 44
for fliers above the rank of ensign
and 38 for ensigns, will be made
before November. 1.
The navy estimated that with
the cuts, slightly more than 1,000,-
000 enlisted men and more than
100,000 officersuwill have been
released by the end of this year.
It announced today that5 283,149
officers and men have been de
mobilized since Japan's surrender,
56,443 more than its timetable
called for. i .
Frank Wrightman
Injuredin Mishap
Frank Wrightman, 87, pioneer
of the Salem area and former
county official, was. struck by a
car at 12:09 a.m. today and was
taken to Deaconess hospital with
a possible skull fracture. Officer
Roy Everson said the driver,
Theodore C. Peerenboom, 2640
Brooks, who was en route home
from work at the Paulus cannery,
was not held. The accident was at
State and High streets. '
BY "STATUTE OR STRIKE 'A
Washington, Oct is -cf)
Howard McKenzie, a CIO mari
time leader, told the senate labor
committee today that merchant
seamen are determined to get a
85-cent minimum wage by "sta
tute or strike."
Prisoners Arrive in San Francisco; Ships on
Way to Northwest; 7500 Men Iave Okinawa
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 18 -.
The transport Joseph T. Dickman
docked here today with 1438 fqr-,
mer prisoners of the Japanese, in
cluding 658 U. S. nrmy men, 569
British imperial forces; 44 Cana
dians and 157 U. S. civilians, a
The army estimated the cheer
ing, tearful throng at the dock
side to greet the I repatriates in
cluded, friends and relatives from
every state in the union.
Col. Arthur . L. Shreve, . Balti
more, McL, cap
on Corregi-
dor, was greeted
and - Mrs. . W,,
Brooksville, Miss.
by Brig. Gen.
'oodward,
The wife and son of CoL X. A.
Alexander, San (Antonio, Tex.,
held a Joyous reunion with the
Officer who was with the 31st in
fantry regiment jon Corregidor
where he won the Distinguished
Service Cross. '. ') ': .:;!:'''
Former American - prisoners
were taken to Letterman General
hired
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Keep Ready9
Admr. William F. Halsey, comman
der of th3rd fleets who told
thousands In San Francisco yes
terday that America should
stand "whole, untouched and
ready to its "rendeivom with
destiny." r ! .
'Monument' to
Men Who Died
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 16 -P)
Cheering thousands of San Fran
ciscans paid tribute to Admiral
Halsey and his men. today and
heard the famed commander; of
the Third! fleet call for American
vigilance against all aggressors
while still cooperating to the full
est in perfecting a world peace
organization.
Handed the symbolic golden
key to the city by Mayor Roger
D. Lap ham at midday ceremonies
which followed " a parade to the
city hall, Halsey told a huge
throng of service men and civil
ians: - t '
"An America that stands whole
untouched and ready to take the
lead in solving the immense prob
lems confronting the world is the
best monument you can erect; to
the men who fought and died; to
keep her thatway."
In an address at a civic home
coming banquet tonight, Halsey
declared that America had reach
ed a "rendezvous with destiny"
from which it could head "toward
permanent peace": or "back where
w were four years ago." I
Shortages Hit?
Mills, Homes
In Coal Strike
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 HJPh
Bituminous coal operators search
ed today for an acceptable com
promise with John L. Lewis to
halt widespread soft coal strikes,
as shortages hit southern .cotton
mills and threatened home heat
ings ; t
Lewis was considering calling
the United Mine Workers' 250
member policy, committee jto
Washington to discuss the collapse
of the goVemment conciliation ef
forts directed by Secretary of La?
bor Schwellenbach.
LEAVE BOMB TO U. 8.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16-(-PresI-dent
Juan Aactonio Rios of Chile
said today "the world should feel
safe to leave the secret of the
atom bomb with the United
States." , m ' - ' . -I
hospital. British troops captured
at Hong Kong and Singapore will
entrain for Halifax and the last
leg of their voyage to the British
Isles. U ! -1- i
Also aboard the Dickman were
707 army troops for discharge and
reassignment - (II
The transport Neville arrived
from Saipan with 1444 men, ,
PEARL HARBOR, Oct 16 -P)
The aircraft carrier Hornet left
todar'for Monterey, Calif., and
the carrier Ticohderoga for Ta
coma, Wash to participate in
Navy day celebrations before be
ing converted for troop transport
service.-' ;,.'v- i
- The Bunker Hill will depart to
morrow for Seattle. - j
Together the Bunker Hill and
Ticonderoga are carrying 2000
army men and 200 officers. The
Hornet is carrying 600 navy am
bulatory hospital patient 100
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Salam. Oregcau-
Deer Kills
Mt. Angel
Caretaker
Monastery Em
, ployee Victim of
Pet; Rites Friday
MT. ANGEL, Oct 16.-(Special)
Kaspar Bruecker, 79, was killed
Tuesday by a pet deer kept in
a pen beyond the Mt Angel monas
tery gardens. . -
The body was found by the'Rev.
Anthony Terhaar, OSB, at 2:0
p m. some distance from the pen
where two pet deer were kept
There were signs of a struggle
farad the clothing was torn.
Bruecker recently had been care
-taker of the garden and had been
warned against the, deer, a year
old buck which had knocked down
several persons. It Was killed im
mediately Tuesday, even before
the arrival of the assistant coron
er, v. r. uoicten.
Bruecker was born in Wassen,
Cknton Uri, Switzerland. His only
known relatives are two sisters
jand two nephews in Germany.
He previously had been janitor
at the monastery and had made
hus home there for many years.
) Funeral services will follow a
730 a. m. requiem mass Friday
and burial will be made in the
Benedictine abby cemetery. Un-
jgers mortuary took charge of the
body.
! Golden, after an investigation,
formally declared death was the
fesult of an accident. Sheriff Den
ver Young accompanied Golden
from, Salem.
Communists Inh
Berlin Said to
Be Dominant
I v
1 WASHINGTON, Oct 16-()-The
communist party of Germany
jhow dominates Berlin's city gov
ernment, General Eisenhower re
ported today. He added that in
formal reports indicate it could
not retain that position in fa fair
and Impartially supervised elec
tion." ,1
Eisenhower, In an occupational
report made public by the war
department, said such an election
would "reveal relatively strong
support going to the social demo
crats and the Christian-democratic
union, In that order."
All four political parties func
tioning in the German capital are
allocated sufficient newsprint by
the soviet authorities to print
100,000 newspapers each, Elsen
hower said, "except that the
communist paper Is permitted to
print 200,000.
"All papers," he added, "ire
subject to soviet censorship.
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Bakery Strike Sets
Kitchens to Work
j SPOKANE, Oct 16 A
Strike at nine leading bakeries
here and one at Coeur d'Alene,
Ida., cut down bread supplies and
housewives went to work turning
but biscuits, buns and homemade
pread. Bakers of local 74, bakers
and confectioners union (AFL)
seek a 13 per cent wage increase.
jaavy officers
jUsted men.
and 400 navy en-
I PEARL HARBOR, Oct 16 -(J
fThe navy announced today that
since the typhoon at Okinawa
struck a week ago 7500 high point
knilitary personnel have been pro
cessed on the Island and evacuat
ed for discharge on the mainland.
I NEW YORK, Oct 16.-(-The
British liner Queen Mary, making
her seventh westward crossing
Since V-E day, docked at a Hudson
jrtver pier today with 11,475 pas
sengers including 10,608 U. S.
troops. Most of the servicemen
were members of the 8th and 9th
air forces. Others aboard included
572 W ACS, 123 army nurses, 50
havy personnel, 56 TJ. S. civilians,
96 British civilians and a few
British and Canadian military of-
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Wedaeaday Morning. October
rvrinn n
Don't the Victims
Even Get Choice
j j Of Tiere to Go?
j ELLENSBURG, WaslL, Oct
19 -(if)- Central Washington
college, where girls outnumber
boys 14 to one, Is going to try
out " a "date raffle" to obtain
equitable distribution of the
male escorts for a Saturday hay
ride. ': Girls will draw lots for the
30 eligible dates. To prevent a
scramble among the winners, ?
all the boys will be concealed .
behind a curtain and each win
ner will pull her prke into
.view by tugging on a stfirtgT
Plea for Draft
!j ;
Reported to Be
Truman Plan
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -(JF)-President
Truman today was re
ported drafting a plea to congress
to pass a law for peacetime uni
versal military training.
If Mr. Truman sends this mes
sage' to capitol hill soon, as he
reportedly 'has told legislators he
will do, it probably will start one
of the hottest controversies since
he took office.
Most leaders think congress is
fhot ready yet to say that volun
teering won't work and adopt
conscription as its alternate.
The advent of the atomic bomb
has left a lot of legislators won
dering whether it is worthwhile
to maintain large armies and
navies in the future.
But the president reportedly re
mains determined to check the
issue up to congress as he gave
warning he would do in his Sep
tember 6 message , outlining his
program.
Group Forms
Food Section of
United Nations
QUEBEC, Oct 16.-(ff)-Th food
and agriculture organization of the
united nations was formally or
ganized tonight to lead an inter
national campaign against want
Thirty of 45 members of the
united nations eligible to partici
pate signed the constitution of the
new organization at simple but
colorful ceremonies In the historic
Chateau Frontenac. Signatures by
20 nations were required. J
Of the major powers, only Rus
sia did not sign. L. B. Pearson,
chairman of commission which
drafted the constitution, said the
Russians expected authorization to
sigh to arrive momentarily from
Moscow.
Marshall Pleads
Anew for Army
Training In Peace
WASHINGTON, Oct 1HJP)
Gen. George C. Marshall, de
scribed by President Truman as
having clone "the greatest mili
tary task in the history of .the
world," pleaded anew tonight for
peacetime military training, q
The army chief of taff told a
meeting of the Reserve Officers
association that the 'immediate
availability" of men for service in
a citizen's army is the keynote of
tt H nation's future defense. K
Marshall was made life
member of the association at a
dinner In his. honor. Mr. Truman
presented the membership in the
association's behalf. 1 ' f
Iowa Really Pulsion
Firey Demonstration : ..-
SEATTLE, Oct 16-(iP)-The su
per -dreadnaught Iowa put up 8ich
a curtain of anti-aircraft fire
8903 shells and bullets everyf 10
seconds in the western Pacific
that aviators and other fleet units
thought It bad been hit and was
on fire, Rear' Adm, Oscar C. Bad-
get said today. i' ;
urn
17. 1945
Tax
Aid
For Vets N
Favored
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Dispute Centers
Around Excess!
Profits Proposal
By William T. Peacock
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-JP)-
Pieas that special tax concessions
for veterans be written into the
tax reduction bill got an apparent
ly sympathetic reception today
fipm the senate finance committee.
fThey came from spokesmen for
the CIO and the-national lawyers
gikild at the senate group's second
d-y of hearings on house-approved
legislation which would reduce
1&46 tax bills by $1,190,000,000.
hairman George (D-Ga) told
rters after the session that he
thought the committee probably
uld write in some provisions
incerning veterans, but he did
n't say what they might be.
I; ;
uld Extend Exemption
Clifford McAvoy, representing
CIO, recommended forgiveness
income taxes up. to $250 owed
veterans for the years 1941
the date of their discharge. He
o proposed that the $1500 spec
ial exemption now granted service
man be continued for a year after
discharge from the service.
tHenry H: Wolf, appearing for
the lawyer's guild, took a similar
stand.
jBoth McAvoy and Wolf also
made parallel -requests that the
excess profits tax be left unchang
ed for 1946 and that the house bill
be rewritten to reduce individual
income taxes by $6,500,000,000,
chiefly in lower income brackets.
Bill Would Cut . Tax
.The house bill would cut the
effective rate of the excess profits
tax from 85.5 to 60 per cent In
1946 and repeal it entirely for
1947. It would cut individual' in
come tax bills by $2,647,000,000.
Secretary of the Treasury Vin
son, who has recommended com
plete repeal of the excess profits
tax, effective Jan. 1, and 'a re
duction of individual income taxes
by $2,085,000,000, argued that con
tinuation of the excess profits tax
would tend to restrict business
expansion.
Attack Stirs Questions
McAvoy stirred up a crossfire
of critical questions by a bristling
attack on proposed repeal of the
excess profits tax as a move which
would give "huge windfalls to the
richest corporations."
Senator Hawkes (R-NJ) told the
CIO spokesman at one point:
"Your organization is trying to
get a 30 per cent wage Increase.
How do you expect to get it out
of a dead duck?"
When McAvoy said he didn't be
lieve there would be any "dead
ducks," Hawkes remarked that he
did not believe in profiteering and
did believe in "decent wages' but
that those wages could not be had
"unless you take care of the gopse
that lays the golden eggs." j
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YWGA Lays Plans to Conduct
Campaign for Building Funds
The Salem Young Women's
Christian association will conduct
a concentrated campaign early
next year to raise funds for a
newYWCA building here. This
much was decided at an open
board meeting Tuesday afternoon
at the YWs old family-residence
home, 76S State st -
j Neither the type of construction
nor the amount of money requir
ed have been determined, board
members said. But Tuesday's
meeting authorized Mrs. Frank
James,! president, to appoint a
building committee to Investigate
any proposed change lit site and
to select an architect - .-
Pauline Schaed 1 e r , national
TWCA building and finance ex
pert, is to be in Salem on Novem
ber 8 and 7 to confer with the
board and committees on plans
for building and campaign.
Japs Lacking In
Foresight to Be
Aliead in A-Bbmb
TOKYO, Wednesday, Oct. 17
(T) Short-sightedness of , the
militarists kept Japan from
finding the secret of atomic
power during the war, Dr. Ry
ouqihi Sagane, American-educated
professor of physics at
Tokyo imperial university, was
quoted today in the army news
paper, Stars and Stripes. .
"Four years ago Japan's lead
ing physicists came to the con
clusion that with the knowledge
we then had atomics would be
entirely possible," Sagane said.
"We broached the subject to
the government but they could
, not see the expenditure of such
a huge sum of money and ma
terial on what might possibly
be just a fantastic dream of the
laboratory."
A-BomB Fuse
Remains U. Se'
Trade Secret
WASHINGTON, Oct. li-(JP)-lt
was disclosed today on capitol hill
that the United States alone has
a "trade secret" for making the
atomic, bomb's fuse.
The secret hasn't even been giv
en to an ally, senators heard.
This report came from Rear Ad
miral William R. Purnell before
the senate's military commerce
subcommittee studying future sci
ence. Great Britain and Canada shared
the atomic bomb in' development
and, it was presumed, the full sec
ret. , .
Purnell said pe American firm,
only, -possesses the secret of the
fuse. He added that there are
more trade secrets still in hiding
and declared "I do not know of
a defense against the atomic
bomb."
DAR's Exclusion
Order Assailed
And Defended
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 -fl)
The DAR's exclusion of Negro
Pianist Hazel Scott from Consti
tution hall was defended and as
sailed In the house today.
Rep. Rankin (D-Miss) declared
that criticism of the Daughters
of the American Revolution for
their action was of "communis
tic" origin. t's
Rep, Coffee (D-Wash) deplor
ed the "drawing of the; color line"
in the. big DAR halL
Both speeches drew applause
and cheers from the galleries and
Speaker Rayburn admonished the
"guests of the house" against
demonstrations.
Mrs. Hartley Bouncy
Dies of Gun Wound
WOODBURN, Oct 17-(Spedal)
Mrs. Hartley Bonney, Woodburn,
died Tuesday night at a Silverton
hospital from gunshot wounds, re
ceived Sunday when a - gun re
portedly in the hands of her 16
yeanold grandson, Jim Bonney,
was accidentally discharged.
The YWs present home,, pur
chased in January, 1939, is filled
to overflowing by activities and
doesn't meet city's requirements,
board members agreed Tuesday.
Accomm-Mlations for transient
young women are below stand
ard, it was declared. In an emer
gency, : sleeping accommodations
can be provided for 20 women
and constant calls exceed ; this
number. Six hundred twenty-five
girls are members of the YW
sponsored clubs which use the
house, compared with - 299 ; who
used it In 1940, Mrs. Esther Lit
tle, ; executive director, reported.
One staff member .- added this
year has been given the assign
ment of reaching girls in business
and industry with the program of
the YWCA, and a membership of
1000 within a lew years is anti
cipated.: .!,. ' . , ,
Portland
Seattle
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. -rOEECAST (from UJ5., weather ka
ru, Mcnary field. Salem): KtamlT
cloudjr this afternoon with widely it
, ttfed bowers. Clearing and lowly iw
. ivg temperatures in tn afternofaa.
Highest 68 degrees. ;
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No. 173 .
Suicides
Asked Of
Leaders -
Demonstration
In Tpkyo Stresses
Need for Bread
TOKYO, Wednesday,! Oct 17
iJT)- Emperor Hlrohlto, in a re
script unprecedented in scope,
granted amnesty to approxi
mately 1.000,009 Japanese an
this festival day of Kanname
Sai when the first rice crop is
offered to the tods, i
In the third such amnesty
t.inee the amnesty ordinate was
issued in 1912, the mikado pa
doned 320,000 persons, of which
2000 were in prison; reduced
sentences for 37,000;, and order
ed the restoration of civil rights
to 00,060.
TOKYO, Oct. 15 -(P)- In one
of the largest political demonstra
tions in Japan since the people
were liberated! from strict mili
tary and government control,
more than 500 shouting and banner-waving
members of the newly
formed. Nippon working party
massed today before General Mac
Arthur's headquarters. They were
seeking American aid in getting
more bread and voiced opposition
to the Jap government
Earlier ' the group of demon
strators passed ouX handbills urg
ing all senior statesmen in Japtn
to commit suicide. .
Other sections of Japan were
involved in one of. the greatest
mass .movements of people in
history.
More than 1,500,000 Koreans
swarmed into Hakata seeking
transportation to their native land.
Plundering Disclosed
The extent of Japanese plunder
ing of conquered countries was
revealed by the Tokyo newspaper
Asa hi which said printing presses
deluged China with new worthless
currency which added up to about
54,000,000,000 U. S. dollars in
face value. -
The last Japanese serviceman
and civilian will not be home
from abroad until August, 1949,
Japanese Minister of War Sadashi
Shimomura disclosed in a report
to the cabinet
: Troops of the Americal divi
sion ended a buried silver hunt
approximately 100 miles from
Tokyo when they uncovered a
cache of Japanese silver bars val
ued at $1,100,000.
On "Training Mission"
A Japanese navy captain, M it
sue Fuchida, revealed in Tokyo
that the crews aboard six aircraft
carriers which struck Pearl Har- ,
bor thought they were on a train
ing mission until the day before
they hit the American base,
! The Japanese officer said the
Pearl Harbor task force included i
two battleships, three ; cruisers, '
four destroyer flotillas of four
ships each and eight tankers.
Mac Arthur's headquarters an
nounced that the Japanese war
machine was so crushed as early
as July, 1944, that imperial gen
eral -headquarters ordered all
branches of the armed, services te
"become thoroughly indoctrinat- !
ed" in suicide attacks "at once."
Stay of Execution
Asked for Dennis
- A request to commute to life
imprisonment the death sentence
of Andrew W. Dennis, Portland,
has ! been received. Gov. Earl
Snell said Tuesday. Dennis is ac-'
cused of slaying his mother-in-law
In a : Portland apartment
house. Execution J had been set
for November 16. Defense attor
neys contend that DcnnS-was
convicted on circumstantial evi
dence.' SHIP STILL AGROUND
SEATTLE, Oct, j 16 -fP)- The
navy said today salvage crews
were working to refloat the navy
refrigerator ship Athanasia, which
went aground Sunday In thick fog
450 miles up the west j coast of
(Vancouver island. Crew, members,
and officers were safe.
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