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NEWS IN BRIEF j
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FAIRBANKS, </P>—The United
States marshal’s office was asked
yesterday to search for Alex Me-1
Donald, 60, Cold Creek, a dredge
master for the Fairbanks Explo
ration Co., missing from his hotel
here more than a week. His
clothes and luggage were still in
his room. His wife in Seattle mes
saged she had had no recent word
from him. Marshal Stanley J.
Nicho\s said.
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FAIRBANKS, (JP> — Steven!
George, 17-year-old Indian, was
bound over to the grand jury Wed
nesday on a charge of stabbing an- j
other native, Solomon John, to
death after a fight at Circle City.
He was brought here by a deputy
marshal after a hearing before
commissioner Charles Rogers of
Circle Hot Springs.
^ WASHINGTON—An important
conference is now under way here
to determine, it is understood, the
future policy in connection with
the development of Naval Petrole
um Reserve No. 4 in Alaska.
The conference, called by the
navy, includes as participants
Bart Gillespie, manager for Arc
tic Contractors handling the oil
exploration project in northern
Alaska, and Lt. Commander P. W.
Roberts, naval representative at
Fairbanks for the project.
MOSCOW, (A3) — The Soviet
press announced today the birth
of quadruplets to a farm woman
near Grunze. A special medical
service has been set up for their
care, the dispatches said.
MURPHYSBORO, 111. (/P) —
Leonard Williamson, retiring as a
postal letter carrier, claims he
wore out 100 pairs of shoes and
walked the equivalent of six times j
around the world during his 33-;
year tour of duty on a 16-mile
daily route. \
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PORTLAND, Me. (IP)—A “No
Parking” sign hit a woman pedes
trian, knocked her down and
bruised her knee.
The sign lunged at her as she
was walking along Congress
street, route of a community chest
parade.
Police said the standard had
been roped for the celebration. An
auto failed to stop, hit the rope
and bounced the No-Parking s'g.i
against the woman.
BERLIN, (iP)—Berlin’s elevated
and underground trains will not
be heated this winter. In addition
to saving electric power, the news
paper Vorwaerts said it would
prevent jamming the transport
system by persons merely riding
to keep warm.
FORSYTH, Mont. (IP)—George
Hillit was driving home with 15
dozen eggs on the truck seat beside
him when the vehicle hit a bump.
A quick census of the scrambled
situation showed five dozen brok
en in his lap. Ten dozen still in
their shells.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (IP)—The
Springfield Hotel Association has
an etiquette tip for fire preven
Britons Jubilant
Over Wedding Of
Princess and Duke!
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(By Tom Williams)
LONDON, CP)—Princess Eliza
beth and her prince were married
yesterday in Westminster Abbey,
rode back to Buckingham Palace
through streets jammed with more
than a million cheering Briton.-,
and departed last night for their
honeymoon in southern England.
Before only 3,000; kings, queens
and commoners, but with the
world listening in, the heiress to
the throne moved regally down
the nave of the ancient cathedral
on the arm of King George VI and
became the bride of Lt. Philip
Mountabatten, newly knighted
and proclaimed the Duge of Edin
burgh, in a ceremany completed
by the Archbishop of Canterbury
at 12:05 a.m., 'Nome time).
The 21-year-old princess’ eyes
sparkled below her diamond tiara.
She wore an ivory satin gown rich
in embroidery and pearls.
She greeted her 26-year-old
bridegroom at the altar and they
knelt before the Primate of all
England. She promised to love,
cherish and obey the former
Prince of Greece and Denmark.
He promised to love and cherish
her, “for better, for worse, for
richer, for poorer,” in the tradi
tional Church of England cere
mony.
Five kings, and six queens,
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Marshal Leaves
For Conference Of
Foreign Ministers
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Secretary
of State Marshall left for London
yesterday to put American policy
toward Russia to a new and per
haps crucial test.
{Traveling in President Tru
man’s original plane, the Sacred
Cow, Marshall Scheduled a 1 p.m.
(EST) take-off for the big four
foreign ministers conference. His
chief traveling companion is
Charles E. Bohlen, state depart
ment counselor and veteran advis
er on Soviet relations.
Marshall’s announced goal is the
same elusive objective of four
previous sessions: (1) Agreement
with Russian foreign minister
Molotov on a peace treaty with
Austria and (2) A decision on at
least the main outlines of a Ger
man settlement.
But while those are the immedi
ate problems, the underlying issue
is the mounting tension between
Russia on the one hand and the
western powers on the other.
Pointing up that issue, the
Brookings Institution, a private
research and educational agency,
declared in a report made public
yesterday that a continuation of
the present “nightmare” of big
power relations could result in
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tion. Each hotel in the city dis
plays a card that recommends—
“Chaperone Your Cigarettes. Do
not let then go out alone.”
Gen. Bradley Will
Succeed “Ike*" As
Chief Of Staff
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman today named the “Dough
boys’ General,” Omar Bradley, to
be the next army chief of staff
and appointed Carl R. Gray, Jr.,
a Republican and railway execu
tive to succeed Bradley as veter-,
ans administrator.
Mr. Truman thus started specu
lation as to just when Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower will quit as army
chief of staff to assume his duties ;
as president of Columbia Univers
ity.
The President himself told a
news conference he doesn’t know i
whether Bradley’s transfer will j
! hurry up Eisenhower’s retirement
' to civilian life. He said the report
ers would have to ask the general
! about that.
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Mr. Truman said General Brad
ley, commander of the 12th army
group in Europe in the last war,
will return to the army Dec. 1,
and start a survey of army posts
before taking over Eisenhower’s
’ duties.
| Gray, who is vice president of
1 the Chicago and Northwestern
1 railway, will succeed Bradley as
[ head of the veterans administra
| tion Jan: 1. Gray was in charge of
' railway transportation in the al
lied European theater during the
! war and left the army as a major
i general in September, 1945.
Mr. Truman also announced: I
The regisnation of Robert M.
Littlejohn as war assets adminis
trator effective Nov. 28. Jess Lar
son, a deputy administrator, will
take over that job. The President
1 said Littlejohn has done a good
1 job in a tough spot and his work
will enable the WAA to begin li
quidation next June.
The appointment of Maj. Gen.
Clifton B. Cates to be command
ant of the marine corps succeeding
Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift,
who is retiring.
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U. S. Still Sells
Heavy Machinery
To Russia
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President j
Truman said today he “sees no,
reason” to stop the sale of heavy
machinery and farm equipment to
Russia at this time.
Questioned at a news confer
ence about such shipments, Mr.
Truman said the Soviet govern
ment has a purchasing commission
here and has been allowed to pur
chase machinery for the rehabili
tation of electric dams destroyed
by the Germans, as well as the
farm equipment. I
The Russians have purchased I
$113,700,000 in goods from this
country during the first nine
l months of this year. Included was
several million dollars worth of
industrial machinery.
Russia also got 216 freight cars
valued at $1,240,000 from this
country between April and Octo
ber commerce department records
show, but who made the sales is
a puzzle.
Alaska T. Co. Asks
Suspension Of
Northland T. Co.
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WASHINGTON. i^P)—A request
af the Alaska Transportation com
pany that the maritime cancel
temporary authority of the North
land Transportation company for
service to Alaska was debated
Wednesday at a conference before
the commission.
The government established the
interim service last spring to re
place war time government serv
ice and is designed to furnish a;
basis for legislation for a perman
ent service to Alaska.
Under an agreement between
the Northland company, Alaska
Transportation company, and the
Alaska Stfeamship company, the
latter was allocated service to
western Alaska, and Alaska
Transportation and North land
Transportation were restricted
principally to service to Southeast
Alaska.
Alaska Transportation contends
that Northland violated the agree
ment and during the last summer
picked up cargoees in western
Alaska without getting the con
sent of Alaska Transportation as
required by the agreement.
Albert E. Stephan, counsel for
Alaska Transportation, contended
that Northland is owned by Alas
ka Steamship company and the
two are in effect one company. He
asked the commission to deny
privileges of the Alaska trade to
the Northland and allocate to
Alaska Steamship and Alaska
Transportation, government ships
operated by Northland, and re
quire Alaska Steamship and
Northland Transportation to oper
ate as one company.
He told the commission that
Alaska shippers have been threat
ened with loss of steamship serv
ice by Alaska Steamship if they
shipped by the Alaska Transporta
tion company.
Ira L. Ewers and Stanley B.
Long, counsel for Alaska Steam
ship and Northland Transporta
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Austria Cuts Value
Of Schilling
VIENNA, (TP) — Some Vienna |
stores barred their doors yester
day as Austrians went on a last
minute spending spree to get rid
of their schillings before the gov
ernment’s devaluation of the schil
ling went into effect.
The manager of Kaufhaus Ger
gross, largest department store in
Vienna, said his shelves would be
stripped within 48 hours.
“I can’t afford to buy anything
at the prices wholesalers are now
asking and I can’t afford not to
sell at the prices people are offer
ing,” he said.
The new currency reform bill,
calling for a 66 per cent devalua
tion of all outstanding schillings,
was passed by parliament Wed
nesday night, 161 to 4, as an act
against black marketing. (The
commercial exchange rate has
been 9.86 to the dollar, which
made the schilling worth roughly
10 cents).
Elizabeth Weds
Philip In Splendid
Ceremony
'Russell Landstrom, i/P> staff
writer, has handled news of Bri
tain’s royal family for six years,
including the tour of South Africa
last winter. Yesterday morning he
occupied one of the coveted seats
in Westminster).
(By Russell Landstrom)
LONDON i/P)— Elizabeth, future
queen of Britain, was married to
Philip Mountbatten at Westmin
ster Abbey yesterday in a cere
mony of medieval splendor, fused
with modern magnificance, which
deeply moved some 3,000 guests
from the world over.
The 21-year-old princess, never
more fair, was radiantly happy. In
1 the few seconds of quiet granted
to her her and her bridegroom be
ifore, the return procession to
Buckingham Palace, she confided
to intimates that she was over
whelmed by the drama of the cer
emony rooted in the nation’s fin
est traditions.
I Her lips trembled slightly—and
' Philip obviously was nervous too
—as the couple received first the
congratulations of the closest kin
and then the thunderous ovation
of the multitude outside the Ab
bey, most sacred of British shrines,
i Except for one slight mishap—
which many did not notice be
cause of their obscured positions
in the Abbey’s architecturally in
; tricate interior—the wedding serv
j ice, mticulously planned weeks
ahead of time and rehearsed Wed
I nesdav night, ascended to its im
pressive climax without hitch.
The sole mischance came as the
bridal party moved slowly from
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Early Japanese
Peace Treaty
Recommended
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WASHINGTON, bP)_An early*
peace treaty with Japan and pos
sible retention there of three
naval bases was recommended by
a House armed service sub-com
mittee.
After a two-month tour along
the waist-line of the world,” the
group headed by Hep. Cole <R.-N.
Y.) also urged:
1. More and speedy help for the
Chinese government;
2. Authority for an American
military mission to train Greek
combat forces;
3. Development of Truk Atoll as
a major Pacific naval base;
4. De-emphasis of the military
establishment at Guam;
5. Retention of Okinawa under
the American flag for strategic
purposes, and
6. Expansion of fuel oil storage
at Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian base,
so it can provide a year’s supply
in the event of war.
The sub-committee’s report sub
mitted to the full armed services
committee was signed by Cole a*
chairman. Those who made the
tour with him were Reps. Clason
(R.-Mass.>, Hess (R.-Ohio), Hebert
(D.-La.), Norblad (R.-Ore.), and
Srivner (R.-Kan.).