Internation I News
At A Glance —
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in part on the hope that Russia
will cooperate with the Western
Powers in their avowed intention
of seeking a settlement short of
war.
It was noted that the Soviets
thus far have refrained from any
kind of military action, even of
an “accidental” sort.
The Russians released two Am
erican military policemen and a
civilian who had wandered inlo
their zone.
The British accused the Russians
of three violations of flight rules
into their corridor to the beleag
uered city. They refused a Russian
offer to supply electricity to a
plant in the British zone which is
working mostly on Russian orders.
The air lift carted in about 2,
200 tons of food and supplies yes
terday. Coal, however, remains
the crux of the problem with win
ter approaching. The U.S. started
flying 5,000 refugees, mostly Pol
ish Jews, from Belin to Western
Germany.
The Russian military newspaper
said reports that Marshyl Vassily
D. Sokolovsky would be recalled
were “nonsensical.” Rumors have
persisted that Sokolovsky was in
serious trouble with the Kremlin.
Western military headquarters
have heard reports of a purge in
the Soviet military administration.
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BELGRADE
Premier Marshal Tito, who >aid
the Russian-ruled Cominform tried
to start civil action in Yugoslavia
to oust him, appeared to have
won solid backing of his country’s
Communists.
SINGAPORE
Britain outlawed the Communist
Party in Malaya and Singapore.
They have accused Communist
insurrectionists of a terror cam
paign to overthrow the govern
ment.
PARIS
Conservative Andre Marie ap
i peared assured of becoming the
tenth premier of France since the
war. He was reported preparing
to replace Foreign Minister Geor
ges Bidault with Robert Schuman
the ninth Premier.
ROME
Premier Alcide de Gasperi of
Italy said his government is fight
ing not only Communist “violence
and revolt” but resurgent Fas
cism. His followers in the Senate
beat down a Communist motion
of no confidence.
JERUSALEM
Premier David Ben-Gurion of
Israel said the Jews prefer to
deal directly with the Arabs with
out the help of the U.N. mediator,
Count Folke Bernadotte. The Is
raeli command said Egyptians
fired on a Jewish convoy in the
southern Negeb desert, breaking
a quiet of two days in the new
truce.
CAIRO
Cairo was under a state of em
ergency. Dispatches from the Eg
yptian capital did not make the
reason clear, possibly because of
censorship.
Northwestern Alaska
F air A ssociation
Nome, Alaska
s4ttmuuee&
THE 10th ANNUAL FAIR
AUGUST 18,19,20,21,1948.
It will show the many phases of Alaskan Indus
try, and aims to advance, foster, and encourage
mining, fur, fishing, reindeer, agricultural ami
industrial interests of Northwestern Alaska.
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Mrs. Rob’t Stewart
Speaks to Rotarians
About Hospital
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1 though we had come up against
a blank wall, she said, something
would happen, a door would seem
ingly open and there would be
clear sailing ahead.
Mrs. Stewart told of receiving
the news of the hospital fire and
j pictured all the difficulties under
which the hospital staff and nurses
would be operating and was most
gratified to hear of the citizens
of Nome getting together at once
to make available a temporary
building for an emergency hos
pital, raising the funds and hav
ing the building completely re
modeled for use of the Methodist
group as a hospital for Nome.
This action on the part of Nome
gave the Mission group the cour
age to proceed knowing that Nome
| appreciated the work that the
i Methodist Mission Women were
| doing in the community.
Mrs. Stewart explained the other
work in various parts of Alaska,
the United States and Puerto Pico
in the hospitals, homes, clinics and
i nurses’ schools.
Other guests at the luncheon
were Rita Tavis, formerly of this
city, now in the general office
for PA A in Honolulu: J. D. Ken
, nedy, Chatanooga. Tennessee, a
traveling Rotarian; J. M. Campbell,
Major in ACS. Fairbanks; P. W.
Pew, Sgt., who is to take over
the camping trip of the Boy Scouts
Judge Kehoe
Is Home From
Stateside Trip
Judge Joseph W. Kehoe returned
from Washington, D.C. on July
20th after an absence of twelve
days. The judge, during his trip,
found time to attend the Demo
cratic Nat'l Convention at Phila
delphia, July 12-13, as a spectator,
and not as a delegate as previously
announced.
The following persons composed
the Alaska delegation to the con
vention:
Harold J. Butche>\ Mrs. Audrey
Cutting, Anchorage; Miss Grad
elle Leigh and Mrs. Essie R. Dale,
Fairbanks; E. L. Bartlett, Juneau;
and Mrs. Marjorie Neil, Skag
wav, delegates; and Mrs. Marion
Batchelder Williams of Philadel
phia, alternate.
Mrs. Williams will be remem
bered as Marion Batchelder of
Nome, whose father was for many
years connected with the Pioneer
Mining Company and for a num
ber of years was cashier of the
Miners and Merchants Bank.
at Dexter and Salmon Lake; R. A.
Apple, Boy Scout Executive for
the northern part of Alaska; and
Harold B. Foss, architect for the
new hospital ‘Maynard-McDou
gall Memorial Hospital- for Nome.
The next meeting of the Nome
Rotary Club will be at the Boy
Scout Camp at Dexter on the ev
ening of July 29th.
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