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Need More Funds
For Storm-Swept
Mid-West States
(By The Associated Press*
More emergency funds for the |
storm-stricken western plains!
states were sought in Congress to
day as airplanes flew over the
snow-covered rangelands dropping
hay to thousands of starving cattle
and sheep.
The first cash aid for the bliz
zard-swept areas came Monday
from President Truman who made
available $100,000 for immediate
aid for snowbound Indians and
livestock.
The funds are for relief in the;
Dakotas, Nebraska, Utah and Ne
vada—the areas which have been
hit by severe snow storms and cold
weather for the last several weeks.
About a million sheep and tens of
thousands of cattle are stranded i
in the desolate areas of the west
ern ranges.
But western Congressmen want
more funds—at least 500,000 to
help bring relief to the storm area.
The airborne operations to take
food to the starving cattle and
sheep were started in Nevada'and
Utah Monday appeared a success.
There was 17 big C-82 planes
available for the hay lift from Fal
lon, in western Nevada, to Ely,
Nev., 260 miles to the east. Stock
men described the air force opera
tions a 100 per cent success. The
first of the big “Flying Boxcars”
—carrying five tons of hay—drop
ped the food for 10,000 sheep on
three ranches in a 200-mile radius.
Some early morning lows in
cluded —28 at Dickinson, N. D.,,
—26, Miles City, Mont.; —25 at
Casper and Lander, Wyo.
The U. S. weather bureau re- i
ported that the “unprecedented
cold weather” brought new low
temperatures for January to Spo
kane, Wash., and Reno, Nev., both
of which had a minimum of —13
degrees. Below freezing tempera- I
tures again occurred in the interior
valley of California, with Fresno
reporting a low of 25 degrees.
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around the rail stations was next
to impossible.
Russia and five other eastern
European nations set up a “coun-1
cil of economic mutual assistance.” |
It appeared to be a sort of eastern i
Europe Marshall Plan structure.
It seemed largely a window
dressing device since the countries (
are linked with extensive trade
treaties. All are subservient to
Moscow. An interesting feature
was the exclusion from the councilj
of Yugoslavia, whose premier, |
Marshal Tito, has been branded as
a stray from the party line.
Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Ro
mania, and Czechoslovakia joined
Russia in forming the council. AU
have communist governments.
The announcement said he United
States, Britain and other western
nations are “in essence boycotting
trade relations” with the commun
ist countries. No mention was
made of the trade agreement Bri
tain signed this month with Po
land.
The Chinese communists occu
pied Peiping quietly and no great
change was yet in sight. About
$4,000,000 worth of American
Marshall Plan goods fell to the
Reds in Peiping and Tientsin.
Britain is trying to buy 150 to
180 U. S. Superfortress bombers,
British and Amercna informants
said. The sale would be financed
by funds from the Marshall Plan,
through what was called a “sort of
peace-time lend lease.”
Washington administration offi
cials sadi economic surveys are
unde, way in eight nations con
cerning the Truman plan to devel
op backward areas of the world.
One estimate was that the program
would cost about $1,000,000,000 at
the start. Turkey, Peru, India and
Colombia were among the coun
tries under survey.
Israel is to renew, probably with
succses this time, her bid for
membership in the United Nations
this week. The Jewish state voted
for a constituent assen >.v an .
I talked peace with F vpt >n the Is
land of Rhodes. France became the
23rd nation to recognize israel.
Wedntrday. January. 26. 1949
The Nanking city council strove
for a separate peace with the com
munists today while the beaten
Chinese nationalist governme n t
moved toward Canton.
Reports were that if peace talks
collapse, both Nanking and Shang
hai will be surrendered without a
figfyt to the communists. And if
the peace plan fails, Chiang Kai
Shek is expected to resume lead
ership in the south and keep up
| the civil war. Both sides have
; agreed to talk peace on the com*
1 munists’ terms.
j Acting president Li Tsung-Jen
J was reported to have approved
j the Nanking council’s peace over
| tures. Communist patrols already
have reached the Yangtze river
which flows by Nanking.
: The Nationalist government said
all its offices will be closed at
Nanking by Feb. 3 and opened in
Canton two days later. A defense
plan which contemplated keeping
t*he great rice producing section of
China out of Red hands was re
ported being drafted.
Communist leaders of France
and Italy told their 5,000,000 fol
lowers to'join the Russian “peace
front.” They ordered the French
and Italian communists to exert
all force against the “propaganda
of hate and calumny warlike prep
arations and policies of aggres
sion.”
Max Reimann, leading commun
ist of wes4ern Germany, pleaded
for better relations between the
U. S. and Russia. Thus far it was
onyl talk. Russia had made no re
sponse to the challenge of secre
tary of state Acheson to prove
with deeds rather than words that
they meant a desire for peace.
Armistice talks between Israel
and Egypt deadlocked over boun
daries and both sides were under
U. N. pressure to make conces
sions. Mediator Ralph Bunche as
serted Egypt and Israel have sign
ed a “complete and enduring”
cease lire agreement, however.
Tabulation of half the votes in
Israel’s first election for a con
stituent assembly indicated ap
proval of the many-party govern
ment. The moderate leftist Mapai
Labor party of Premier Davis Ben
Gurion led all 21 parties with 35.5
per cent of the vote. Communists
got 2.5 per cent.
For the first nine years of its
existence, the U. S. Coast Guard
was the only* Navy the United
i States could boast.
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HOWARD SLWOOKO WED
Ellen Ahmasuk became 'r*
bride of Howard Slwooko las
mght, Jan. 25, at a lovely church
wedding at the Lavinia Wallace
Young Mission. The bride, at! red
in a dark dress trimmed with se
quins, wore a coronet of sA.ee4
peas, and carried a bouquet oi
roses. Her bridesmaid was Fanny
Iokienna. Howard Slwooko is a
veteran of World War II. having
served with the 11th Air Force.
His best men was Edward Dalilak
Rev. Roald Amundsen sang, ac
companied by Juanita Fagerstrom
He also performed the marriage
ceremony. A reception was held in
the clubhouse, where over sixty
people were served with caffe*
and cake. A highlight of the recep
tion came when the bride tossed
her bouquet, which was caught by
Juanita Fagerstrom.
Mrs. Slwooko is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ahmasuk oi
Nome. Mr. Slwooko is from Gc'im
bell on St. Lawrence Island. The
newlyweds will make the r home
in Nome.
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