Altitude Sickness
Defeats; Ascent
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FAIRBANKS f/P)—1Turned b'<c’:
3.000 feet short erf their goal—the
20,270 foot peak of Mount McKin
ley—by the altitude sickness of
one of their party, three univer
sity of Alaska mountaineers ar
rived by train at the Mount Mc
kinley national park Friday
Frank T. Been, park superinten
dent, said the climbers told him
Morton Wood, 23, of Boston, suf
fered from the altitude at 17,000
feet, and then the others in the
f party decided to abandon their
mountain climbing.
They brought him down to the
11.000 foot level where he recov
ered quickly. After a two-day rest
they continued on to Wonder
Lake, base of North America’s
loftiest summit.
Been said Wood showed no ill
effects from his experience.
The average American family,
owns three beds.
1 Votesl Closing
C. G. Headquarters
SEATTLE, <#*> — A vigorous
protest against closing Coast
Guard headquarters at Ketchikan.
, was sent to Adm. Joseph F. Far
ley, coart guard commandant, the
secretary of the treasury and the
Washington delegation in Con
gress by the Seattle chamber of
Commerce today.
The message said, in part:
“Strong coast guard facilities are
' needed in Alaska in the present
! international situation.”
President E. L. Skeel, Mayor
William F. Devin and four other
chamber members were at Valdez
Saturday on an Alaskan tour.
The Ketchikan coast guard ad
ministrative headquarters will be
brought here under the 13th dis
trict office, although an operating
base will be maintained at Ketch
ikan, under an economy move.
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1 Success Of Aid
Europe Conference
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urgency of the questions discus
sed.
The spokesman said that a com
munique would be issued a*, the
end of the conference.
In commenting on the news
blackout, Le Parisien spoke of an
“iron curtain . . . pulled across the
hall of parrots,” and L’Aube, or
gan of Bidault’s own Popular Re
publican movement (MRP), said
censorship threatened the success
of the conference.
PARIS, (/P)—The foreign minis
ters of France, Britain and Russia
met late today in a critical third
session which may decide whether
Europe can organize economic co
operation transcending political
, and ideological differences.
Informed sources said there was
no agreement between Soviet for
eign minister V. M. Molotov on
one side and Britain’s Ernest Be
vin and France’s Georges Bidault
on the other concerning the Mar
shall Aid-Europe plan,
j These informants predicted a
showdown, saying the French and
the British planned to restate their
proposals for European economic
recovery after week end disclos
ure of the Russian view that the
task of the conference was merely
to decide the amount of financial
aid needed from the United States
and whether such aid could be ob
tained under the proposal advanc
ed by Secretary of State Marshall.
Seek To Avert
National Coal
Strike On July 8
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without a contract “whom can you
enjoin?”
Asked how long the country
could stand a coal strike, Krug re
plied:
“How long can you stand on
your head? It’s a question of how
long you have to.”
Krug said Lewis had turned
down the northern and western
operators’ offer to give him almost
all the terms of the expiring fed
eral contract, plus a substantial
wage increase.
PITTSBURGH, (/P)—The Car
negie-Illinois Steel Corp. said Sat
urday that 10,000 workers in its
district mills would be furloughed
by today in the largest mass lay
off to date in a coal-dependent in
dustry because of a complete shut
down in the nation’s mines for a
miners’ vacation.
This drastic slash in the Pitts
burgh-Youngstown, O., district
came as nearly a half million
United States coal miners went on
a 10-day paid vacation.
CHICAGO, (A*)—Fall and win
ter already are here, as far as the
mail order companies are con
cerned. Their new catalogues are
heading into the mails, bigger
than last year and with many
price reductions—but with some
price increases too.
Sears, Roebuck and company
added a special note to its cover:
“Good news for the lad and lassie,
in the little white pants! Diapers
are back!”
Sears will begin distribution to
morrow to 7,000,000 customers a
five-pound, 1,365-page book which
is about 10 per cent larger than
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To Turn Surplus
Supplies To China
WASHING TON, <>P) — The
United States has agreed to turn
over to China 30,000,000 rounds of
surplus rifle ammunition for wea
pons of Generalissimo Chiang Kai
Shek’s troops.
State department officials also
told reporters that the Nanking
government has been authorized
to purchase other military sup
plies from American private man
ufacturers.
On the question of economic
aid for the hard-pressed National
ist government, the export-import
bank announced it will consider
lending money to China fog specif
ic projects.
William M. C. Martin, bank
chairman, said an earmark of
I $500,000,000 in funds for China
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May Extend
I Rent Controls
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WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman will take action this
week, on the bill to extend rent
controls through next February
29, the White House said today.
The measure also allows volun
tary rent increases up to 10 per
cent where landlords and tenants
agree on leases running through
1948.
Mr. Truman has until midnight
Wednesday to act on the legisla
tion, but since present controls ex
pire after June 30 he is expected
to announce his decision today.
will be allowed to expire June 30.
However, the new promise of aid
for specific projects leaves the
door open for Chinese borrowing,
either by government agencies or
private businesses.
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