IJ.S.-Russian
Relations Increase
In Friendliness
WASHINGTON. Oct. 29—t/P)—'
A myriad of international prob-1
lems held a promise of early crit
ical tests of President Truman’s
newly proclaimed twelve-point
foreign policy. One touchy point
may disappear. This concerns
Russia’s demand for an Allied
Control Council for Japan. The
issue may be compromised in the
near future.
The brightest spot the diploma
tic authorities see in the interna
tional situation is the evidence of
improving Russian and American
relations. This optimism stems
from the friendly reception ac
corded U. S. Ambassador Harri
man, when he delivered the per
sonal message of President Tru
man to Marshal Stalin last week.
The nature of the message .and
Stalin’s reply have not been dis
closed. There is some belief in
Washington that negotiations over
the policy details, particularly
European peace treaties and Jap
control council are still in prog
ress.
GRAND JURY POSTPONED
UNTIL WEDNESDAY
The Grand Jury, which was
scheduled to meet today, has been
postponed until Wednesday, so
that everyone may aid in assisting
those business houses which are
evacuating.
BUREAU SHIP NORTH STAR
IN DISTRESS
The North Star, Bureau of In
dian Affairs motorship, which is
on its annual trip to the Arctic,
has wired that it has been caught
by the gale at Gambel, where it
has been discharging freight. It
is keeping in constant communi- i
cation with the radio station.
PIONEERS ATTENTION
Regular meeting of the Pioneers
of Alaska will be held Wednes
day evening, October 31st, at the
Whaley House.
Robert F. Baldwin, Secy.
BLOWGUN USED BY
BORNEO NATIVES
TO KILL JAPS *
Facts about the blowgun, which
Dyak natives of Borneo are re
ported to have used to kill Japs in
the Brunei area, thus aiding the
Australian liberation forces, are
described by the National Geo
graphic Society.
America’s fighting men have
seen this ancient but very effec
tive weapon in use for months on
Palawan Island of the Philippines,
next door to Borneo on the north
| east. It is a Paul-Bunyan-size ver
I sion of the bright tin peashooter,
or puttyblower, which they used a
few years back to send pellets
zipping across the schoolyard—or
classroom.
Blowguns up to ten feet in
length, made of rigid native
woods, have long been used by
primitive savages on Borneo, Pal
awan, Sumatra, Celebes, Timor,
and neighboring tropical islands
to kill birds and beasts for their
diet. The killing is done by small
darts blown from the long tubes
with a quick puff. The tips of the
darts are soaked with a vegetable
poison which takes rapid effect in
the bloodstream.
The darts, carried by the quiv
erful, are usually eight to ten
inches long and made from hard,
straight palm fiber whittled to the
thickness of a steel knititng
needle. For hunting animals, but
rarely for hunting birds, the
sharpened points of the darts used
by Borneo natives are coated with
the poisonous sap of the upas tree,
and notched so that the tip will j
break off in the wound. At the
butt end of the dart, a small wad |
of pitch serves as the piston by.
which the dart is blown through '
the tube.
Natives skilled with the device
can hit small targets 50 yards
away, and reach game in tall tree
tops.
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Sorghum can be any number of
varieties of a small-grained cereal
grown largely in warm countries. J
21-passenger Clippers
Expertly-trained stewardesses
Hot meals served aloft
Daily schedules between Alasla, Canada, and Seattle
Experience gained through 12 years of Alai It an flying
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T H E A T Tv E
NOME. ALAS'CA
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1 Show. Oct. 29 and 30. 7:30 P.M.
MONDAY and TUESDAY
“MISSION TO MOSCOW”
WALTER HUSTON.
ANN HARDING.
GEORGE TOBIAS
Also "MY TOMATO"
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1 Show, Oct. 31. Nov. 1. 7:30 P.M.
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY
“WILDCAT”
RICHARD ARLEN,
ARLIN JUDGE
Also "SHOWBOAT SERENADE"
2 Shows, Nov. 2. 7:15 and 9 P.M.
FRIDAY
“WYOMING
IIURRIANE”
CHARLES STARRET
RUSSEL HAYDEN
Also "I'LL FIX IT"
And "DONALD'S SNOW FIGHT"
1 Show, Nov. 3. 7:30 P.M.
SATURDAY
“COVER GIRL”
RITA HAYWORTH.
GENE KELLY
Also "THE LONESOME MOUSE"
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2 Shows, Nov. 4, 7:15 and 9 P.M.
SUNDAY
“GAMBLERS CHOICE”
CHESTER MORRIS
NANCY KELLY
Also 'UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS'
MAX'S WIF E—Portrait of
Mr*. Max Schmelinr, made at
Hambnrr where Schmelinr waa
toqultted of rivinr false inf or
' nation to a British officer*/
Jimmy—I’ve got a swell posi
tion on the team. I’m chief of the
air force.
Johnny—What do you do?
Jimmy—I blow up all the bas-!
ketballs!
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! Cockerel Gains
Weight With
Head Cut Off
'
FRUITA, Colo., Oct. 29—(JP)—
Mike, the five-month old white
wyandotte cockerel, has gained a
pound since its head was cut off
forty-nine days ago. L. A. Olson,
Mike’s owner, said the chicken
weighed three and a half pounds
the morning of September tenth,
when it was beheaded, and it hits
1 the scale now at four and a half
j pounds.
Scientists, who examined the
bird, said the reason for its ex
istence despite the loss of its head
was that the basal portion of the
brain remained connected to the
I spinal cord. Mike is fed small
amotmts of food several times
daily, corn being dropped into its
open throat.
Six vice-presidents of the United
States have become presidents—
Adams, Jefferson, Van Buren,
Theodore Roosevelt, Coolidge and
Truman.
Senate Divided
Over Military
Training
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29—UP)—
A demand for prompt action es
tablishing a universal military
training program in peacetime,
faces the military committee, who
are as sharply divided at the Sen
ate over the issue. Senator Gur
ney said he would ask for hear -
ings on the rrteasure introduced
last January which parallels close
ly President Truman’s proposal to
tag every physically able young
man for a year’s war training.
Acting chairman Johnson fore
cast however that the committee
would be in no hurry to plunge
into the subject on which so many
Senators haven’t made up their
minds. 4
Jasper—Look at the pretty tele
phone girl at the next table!
Jerry—How do you know she’s
a telephone girl?
Jasper—Ivsaid “Hello” twice,
and I got no answer.
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