Collapsing Town
WELCH, W. VA.—(Soundphoto)
— In»og#ne Thompson, left, and
Opal Sutherland brave a stroll or
the buckled pavements of Welch as
sections of the town’s streets
started sinking due to a mysterious
shifting of the earth. While ths
town’s 6,000 inhabitants were fear
ful that their homes may be de
stroyed, huge cracks appeared ii
several large buildings. Authorities
believe that an underground rivei
is causing the earth movement
Another theory is that coal mining
has weakened the city’s founda
tions.
Lewis’ Attorneys
Ask Suspension
Court Order
WASHINGTON, — (/P)_John
L. Lewis’ attorneys said today they
are going to ask a federal court
to suspend an order calling for an
end of the soft coal strike.
Harrison Combs, attorney for
Lewis and the United Mine Work
ers, called at the Justice Depart
ment shortly after 10:30 a.m. to
serve notice of the proposed ac
tion.
Combs personally served Gra
ham Morison, assistant attorney
general, with a copy of the motion
prepared for presentation in the
district cwurt.
It requests the court to vacate
the restraining order issued last
, Saturday night by judge Matthew
i F. McGuire. *
> ! The union attorneys’ action came
j as attorney general Clark appeared
I ready to seek a contempt citation
\ against Lewis and his striking
* miners.
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pay is that it doesn’t stay there.
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Gruening Urges
House Approval
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WASHINGTON, — —Im
provement and maintenance of the
Alaska highway are vital to this
country’s national defense, Alaska
governor Ernest Gruening said
yesterday.
i Gruening urged a house pub
lic works subcommittee to approve
several bills relating to Alaskan
roads.
One would put Alaska under
the federal public roads act some
what the same as other states and
territories. Alaska would receive
$10,000,000 federal funds yearly
for highways with the territory
contributing approximately $1,
000,000.
Another bill would provide $11.
000,000 to connect Seward, Alaska,
and the Kenai Peninsula to the
Alaska Highway system. At pres
ent Seward’s only link is by means
of a railroad.
Gruening and Delegate Bartlett
of Alaska told the subcommittee
the best supply route to U. S
bases in Alaska is the inside watei
! passage up the western coast tc
Haines, then via the Haines Cut
off to the Alcan highway.
The subcommittee decided tc
hear representatives of the na
tional defense department before
acting on the bills.
House Raises Fax
Rates For Alaska
WASHINGTON, — (A3) —The
! House approved legislation yest
erday to permit increase of taxes
in rural areas of Alaska to two
percent and in urban areas to 3
percent. The present rates are one
and two percent.
The bill also permits assess
ments to be based on assessed val
I uation instead of “actual valua
tion” which has caused contro
i versy in the Territory.
The bill went to the Senate.
General Everest
Being Transferred
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FAIRBANKS, — (/P*—Brig. Gen.
Frank F. Everest, commanding of
' licer of the Yukon sector, U. S.
Air Force, said today he has re
j ceived orders transferring him
to Air Force Headquarters in
Washington, D. C. The transfer is
effective June 1.
Receipt of the orders coincided
with word that he has been nom
inated for promotion to the tem
; porary grade of major general,
, he said.
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ples almost all over the world.
FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED
TO FRANK MARTIN HOME
The lire department was called
Out this afternoon about 1:30 p.m.
t > the Frank Martin home on First
Ave., West. A blaze had started
from sparks on the shingle roof.
Little damage was reported.
NANAIMO, B.C., —^—Van
couver Island miners were to re
turn to work today, ending an
34-day-old coal strike.
An agreement between the Un
ited Mineworkers of America
<CCL> and Canadian Collieries
(Dunsmuir) Ltd. was signed yest
erday.
It called for a SI.79 daily wage
increase, adjustment of pay con
ditions for holidays, and an in
crease of from three to five cents
a ton in welfare fund assessments.
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