Britain, Trans- Jor
dan Sign Treaty
LONDON, (£*) — Britain and
Trans-Jordan have agreed tenta
tively on a new treaty of mutual
aid setting up a joint defense
board, diplomatic sources said
Saturday.
The agreement was reached af
ter two weeks of negotiation.
Trans-Jordan adjoins Palestine.
Premier Tewfik Pasha will go
home to explain terms of the new
treaty to his parliament.
In many respects the terms are
said to follow the British-Iraqi
pact which was repudiated at
Baghdad. British foreign secretary
Ernest Bevin had described that
treaty as the model for a series of
pacts between Britain and the
Arab world.
I Death Toll Rises
j In Palestine
"
JERUSALEM, (/P) — Nine new
deaths in bitter communal fighting
' in Palestine put the unofficial toll
Saturday at 1,080 since partition
was voted by the United Nations
Nov. 29.
Latest to die were seven Jews
and two Arabs who lost their lives
in scattered areas Friday. Much
of the Palestine battling has oc
curred in small communities.
! Police reported two men pre
sumed to be Arabs shot and killed
a 50-year-old Jewish messenger
of Haifa’s Ottoman bank. They
escaped with $2,400 in currency.
In the border region between
Jaffa and Tel Aviv sniping con
| tinued. Two of the slain Jews fell
! before snipers’ rifles there.
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Attention: All Nome Skiers.
Dear Sir:
The Anchorage Ski Club is pre
paring to have its Annual Fur
Rend ezvous Inter-Alaska Ski
Tournament from February 24th
to 29th. We would like to extend
an invitation to skiers in your
town to send their entries to enter
into competition with contestants
from other parts of Alaska. This
is an open meet, and all service
men are welcome to participate in
the events.
The meet is being held in con
junction with the Anchorage Fur
Rendezvous and promises to be a
big affair. The events will includi
all Junior and Senior men skiers.
The schedule of events is as fol
lows:
Tuesday, Feb. 24—Cross country
race, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 28 — Slalom race,
12:30 p.m. Downhill race, 2:30
p.m. These events will be held
at Arctic Valley.
Sunday, Feb. 29—Ski jumps, both
Junior and Senior, to be held at
the City Ski Bowl at 12:30 p.m.
We would appreciate having
your reply, along with the names
of the contestants and the events
they wish to enter, by February
20th, so that arrangements may be
completed. Please furnish, also, a
list of your contestants who will
not have sufficient lodging facili
ties provided here in Anchorage.
Upon arrival in Ancohrage, the
contestants are to contact Wayne
Jacobs at Leanord Hopkins, Green
42, who will direct them to lodg
ing arranged for by the Fur Ren
dezvous committee. We are look
ing forward to seeing many con
testants from your city.
Very truly yours,
Wayne Jacobs, President.
De Valera .Hopeful
Of Re-Election
DUBLIN (JP)—Eamon de Valera
Eire’s prime minister for 16 years,
has lost his party majority in par
liament but is expected to keep
his job just the same.
His Fianna Fail (government
party) won only 66 of the 147
seats in the new Dail (Parliament)
in last Wednesday’s general elec-,
tion, complete returns showed Sat
urday.
The combined opposition, in
cluding parties that had sought a
coalition government, won 76. The
remaining five seats will be filled
next Tuesday in a postponed elec
tion in Curlow and Kilkenny
counties.
The government party had 77 of
133 deputies in the old parliament
dissolved last fall.
The new Dail meets Feb. 18 to
elect a prime minister. Opponents
and supporters agree De Valera
stands a good chance of re-elec
tion by pulling the votes of some
independent and national labor
party deputies. He needs 77 votes
to win. Independents have 12, na
tional labor four.
The Irish Independent, Dublin
newspaper, said he would make a
strong try for parliamentary con
trol, even if only temporary, so
that he could call another election
before long. He did that in 1944
after squeaking through to re
election the previous year. j
Workers in one plant complained
that black metal boxes they had to
lift were too heavy. But one week
end the boxes were painted green
and the workmen were delighted
with the "new" lightweight boxes.
Ike Turns Job
Over To Bradley
W A S H I N GTON, (>P) — Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower told a fare
well news conference Saturday
that the nation’s manpower situa
tion is “getting serious.” He said
something must be done about it.
Eisenhower spoke as army chief
of staff shortly before turning the
job over to Gen.-Omar N. Brad
ley.
The army now is about 100,000
under its proposed strength. As
one means of encouraging recruit
ing, Eisenhower suggested the
army should give extra pay to
men assigned to some of the more
undesirable spots in the world.
This would be in addition to the
20 per cent extra given all troops
on overseas assignment.
Eisenhower said his personal
plans after leaving the job Satur
day include a start on writing his
memoirs during the two months’
I leave due him before he checks
j out of active military duty and
I prepares to go to work as presi*
dent of Columbia University. He
disclosed that he has made ar>
.agreement with a publishing firm
to do his book for them.
The former supreme command
er of Allied forces in Europe was
asked what he considered the
greatest moment of his military
career.
He replied that “The natural
thing would be to say it was when
the surrender instrument was
signed,” but added that this occa
sion had been anticipated and its
value written off in advance. He
meditated a moment, then he said:
“I think the greatest moment
was when I got the word that the
82nd and 101st airborne divisions
had landed on the Cherbourg pe
ninsula.”
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