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NEWS IN BRIEF
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JUNEAU </P)—Atty. Jay Gerald
Williams filed Friday for Terri
torial attorney general on the
Democratic ticket, promising an
all-Anchorage contest in the elec
tion. Atty. Aimer J. Peterson had
filed as a Republican.
KETCHIKAN, </P) — Southeast
, ern Alaskan residents are picking
flowers as they read about the na
tion's cold waves. Two weeks ago,
Mrs Margaret Ends brought some
roses to the office of the Ketchi
kan Chronicle. "I picked a half
dosen fine daisies yesterday," she
reported Saturday.
CHICAGO, (/P) — Raymond Po
zulp, 26, manager of the Cherry
Meat Packers, insisted to two gun
men that he did not know the
combination of the safe. They ar
gued as four other employees lis
tened.
Apparently convinced Pozulp
did not know the combination, the
two started to leave. One gunman
stopped and yanked at the safe
door. It was unlocked.
The gunmen took $1,500, police
said Pozulp reported Friday.
MAYVILLE, N. Y. (JP) — A
Chautauqua county court trial
was suspended temporarily when
Clerk Lucian Nowak found his
ink had frozen.
BERN, Switzerland, f/P) — Doc
tors reported Saturday that Prin
cess Traubetzkoy, the former Bar
bara Hutton, suffered a relapse
Friday night. They added that de
spite some improvement, her con
dition was critical.
The psysicians said a sharp rise
in the Woolworth heiress’ temper
ature Fridfay night indicated her
recent intestinal operation had not
been entirely successful. They
added that another operation was
being considered.
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CHAPEL HILL, N. C. (£>)—Dick
Twining of Anchorage, Alaska,
swimming for the University of
North Carolina, set a new south
ern conference mark of 2:17.3 for
the 220-yard free style today as
North Carolina beat Virginia Mili
tary, 51-24, in a dual meet. The
previous record of 2:20.8 was set
1 by Reynolds, of N. C. State, in
1939.
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Canadian
ships would be allowed to serve
Alaska under a bill introduced bv
Sen, Capeheart (R.-Ind.) .
In explaining his effort to
amend merchant marine laws,
Capehart said present restrictions
threaten development of the Ter
ritory. Canadian vessels now may
carry passengers . and supplies
only between Canadian and Alas
kan points, but not between Alas
kan ports. . ; ; • . . ••• ...
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ROME (/P), Italy and the United
States are scheduled to, sign .a
treaty-, of. .frierjdshi^^cnnunerce
and navigation today.
The signing in Rome will mark
formal re-establishment of friend
ly trade relationships between the
United States and the former en
emy nation. It will be the first
such treaty to be concluded by
jTerritorial Filings
Closed Saturday
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JUNEAU, (JP) — For the first
time in history, a Territorial pri
mary election will be conducted
April 27 with a blanket ballot.
Under the system, candidates
of both parties will appear on the
same ballot and voters need not
specify for which party they in
tend to vote.
Filings closed Saturday in all
four Alaska Divisions and several
heated races are indicated,
j Candidates include:
Delegate to Congress: E. L.
Bartlett, incumbent, (D); R. H.
Stock, Anchorage construction
man, (R).
Attorney General: J. Gerald
| Williams (D> and Aimer J. Peter
son, (R), both Anchorage attor
neys.
j Auditor: Frank A. Boyle, Jun
eau, incumbent, (D); Harry Be
land (D.); Albert D. Goetz, Jun
eau, retired merchant (R.).
I Highway engineer: Frank Met
calf, 'Juneau, (D); Donald Mac
Donald, Fairbanks, (D); Ira V.
Farnsworth, Fairbanks, <R>.
Senate (First Division — two
from each party nominated):
Judge William Holzheimer, Jun
eau; Norman Walker, Ketchikan,
incumbent; Dr. R. M. MacKenzie,
Ketchikan; Harry V. Williams,
Ketchikan, all Democrats. Anita
Gamick and Steve Vukovich, both
of Juneau, and Harry Race,
Ketchikan, all Republicans.
Twelve Democrats and 11 Re
i publicans seek election to the
House from the First Division.
Eight will be nominated for the
final runoff.
Partition Commis
sion In Difficulty
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LAKE SUCCESS, (/P)—The se
i curity council today received its
first formal notification that the
Palestine partition plan is in seri
ous difficulty.
The critical situation in the
! Holy Land was laid before the 11
1 nation council in a grim report by
the United Nations Palestine com- >
I mission.
The report covered the first
1 month’s work of the five-nation
i commission, which has responsi-;
i bility for carrying out the plan to
carve Palestine into separate Arab
and Jewish countries.
Although the commission did
not deal with the vital security1
council, its commission had little
hope of succeeding without help
from the council*
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the United States with a World
War II enemy nation. . *•
Foreign minister Carlo Sforia
will sign for Italy, and Ambassa
dor James C. Dunn for the United
States. .....
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. -JUNEAU, (vP)—.The first degree
murder trial of Eugene Lamoore, .
charged with the December, .1946, •
slaying of Jim Ellen, Juneau gro
ceryman, was to open here today.
Lamoore was implicated in the
slaying by Austin Nelson, who has
been convicted to hang for the
slaying. Both Lamoore and Nelson
are Negroes.
Whaley, Munz To
Receive Air Medals
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Frank Whaley and Bill Munz,
local civilian pilots of Nome, will
each be presented with the Air
Medal, at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday,
February 5, 1948, at the new thea
ter at the Air Base.
Officiating at the medal presen
tation ceremonies will be Lt. Gen.
Twining, Commanding General of
the Armed Forces in Alaska; Maj.
Gen. Atkinson, Commanding Gen
eral of the Alaskan Air Command;
Brig. Gen. Erevest, Commanding
General of the Yukon .Sector, and
Colonel Harry N. Burkhalter, Jr.,
Commanding Officer of Nome Air
Base.
Mr. Whaley and Mr. Munz will
be awarded one of the Air Forces
distinguished medals for the hero
ism and meritorious achievement
displayed by them during theii
recent rescue activities of the crew
of the downed B-29, “Clobberec
j Turkey,” which crashed on the
j northern part of the Seward Pe
ninsula.
Interested civilians of Nome are
; welcome to attend the medal pre
sentation ceremonies at the Base
i as seating capacity allows.
Following the ceremonies, a re
ception will be held at the Offi
cer’s Club in Mr. Whaley’s and
Mr. Munz’ honor, with invited
guests attending.
U. S. Rejects
Soviet Protest
WASHINGTON, - The
United States reected outright to
day Russia’s protest against the
vigit of American warships tc
Italian ports.
A state department note said
that the Italian government grant
ed advance permission for each
such visit. It said that the calls
were “in strict accord with the
comity of nations.”
“It is customary for sovereign
states to grant the privileges of
visits to naval vessels and person
nel of friendly foreign powers,”
the note added.
Russia charged in a note deliv
ered Wednesday by Ambassador
Alexander S. Panyushkin that the
presence of American warships in
Italian ports violated the new
peace treaty with Italy which re
quired withdrawal of all Allied
armed forces by last December 15.
Filings In
Second Division
Democrats for Senator: Edward
Anderson, Howard Lyng, Garnet
A. Martin) Charles A-. O’Leary.
Republicans for Senator: Jajpjes
E. Adams, C. D. “Andy” Ander
son, Lester Bronson, Ben. F. Gil
lette, George J. .Waldheim.
Democrats for Representative?
William E. Beltr; Frank- A;'Deg<
nan,' !Ajpel; H./Edman, Georgy P.
Madsen, Wallace Porter, Aimer
"Slim” Rydeen.
Republicans for Representative:
Percy Ipalook, Frank L. John
son, W. W. (Chief) Laws, Chester
Milligan, Samuel Mogg, Pete L.
Reader, Nels Swanberg, Jr.
(Nationals Needn’t
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Liquidate Holdings
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The na
tional advisory council opposd to
day any forced liquidation of $4,
300,000,000 of assets held in this
country by citizens of European
nations which are in line for Mar
shall plan aid.
Treasury secretary Snyder said
the council had voted to turn over
to the alien property custodial!
$1,100,000,000 in blocked assets.
About $350,000,000 of this is held
by French citizens.
In a report, Snyder told the
Senate foreign relations commit
tee the council believes it would
not be wise “to force countries
likely to receive financial aid
from the United States to liqui
date the private holdings of their
I nationals as a condition to receiv
ing such aid.”
Meat Shortage
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Report Unfounded
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WASHING TON, i/P> — The
American Meat Institute declared
Saturday fears of a serious meat
I shortage are unfounded.
R. J. Eggert, associate director
of the institute’s marketing de
partment, told a Senate banking
sub-committee:
“The supply of meat per person
next spring and summer will be
aoout one-half an ounce less than
last year, but there will be more
meat per person during this peri
i od than before the war.”
{ The agriculture department has
forecast that a severe shortage
will develop in the spring and
grow worse during the summer.
! The sub-committee is consider
; ing a bill by Senator Flanders (R.
; Vt.) which would let the guvern
| ment get ready for meat rationing.
The Flanders bill appears to
have little chance in Congress.
Propose Major
Changes In
Marshall Aid Plan
WASHINGTON, (&)—'Two new
proposals for major changes in
the European recovery program
] were tossed Saturday into the
Congressional foreign aid debate.
1 One would switch the whole
emphasis of the program, to give
the United States administrator—
I and Congress — greater control
over how the money is used.
The other Is intended to ease the
strain on this country’s food sup
ply by Jetting Latin America ship
food to Europe in exchange for
United States machinery.
Eighteen . Republican. Senators
agreed at a meeting late last night
that the program should be u?ed
to “fintince projects, not deficits.”
They said they favored a change
which Would cdmpei the 16: Mar
shall plan nations to submit spe
cific recovery projects to the U- S,
administrator, who could either
accept or reject them.
The plan to make European aid
easier on the United States by
setting uf> a barter system with
Latin America was suggested Fri
day by C. A. Barrett of Pittsburg.
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Riots Break Out
In India After
Gandhi's Funeral
(By G. Milton Kelly)
NEW DELHI, India, (^—Mo
handas K. Gandhi’s youngest son
touched off the funeral pyre that
consumed the wasted body of the
martyred Mahatma Saturday in
the Hindu tradition.
Tens of thousands of Indians,
sobbing and shouting the Mahat
ma’s name, surged forward as De
vadas Gandhi, heavy with grief,
placed live coals on the pyre just
above his father’s heart and set
ablaze the lower portion of the
pile of sandalwood logs.
A tremendous sobbing chant
surged from the crowd—a Hindu
hymn for India’s phophet of peace
who was struck down Thursday
night by an assassin’s bullet as he
went to a prayer meeting. In a
mighty roaring unison, the crowd
chanted the prayers of the last
rites, as police struggled to re
strain the grieving people.
Devadas Gandhi’s face was taut
with the strain as he applied the
coals. The sandalwood crackled.
Smoke spiraled heavenward.
The Mahatma’s ashes are to re
main on the banks of the river
Jumna, for a day and a half. Then
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15 ‘’Flying Boxcars*
To Big Delta
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McCHORD FIELD (^—Fifteen
| C-82’s, the army’s flying boxcars,
took off from this field today with
the fourth groups, Known as Yu
kon D, for maneuvers at Big Delta
. Alaska.
The ships landed at Great Falls,
Montana, and will take off from
there at midnight. They will re
fuel at Fort Nelson and expect to
land at Big Delta Tuesday after
noon.
After depositing their human
cargo at Big Delta, the ships will
go to Anchorage, where members
of Yukon C are awaiting trans
j portation back here.
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Reds Charge U. S.
Breaks Italy Treaty
LONDON (/P)—The Moscow ra
dio said Friday that Russia has
formally charged the United
States with violating the Italian
peace treaty by sending U. S. war
ships to Italian ports.
The broadcast said Alexander
S. Panyushkin, the Soviet ambas
sador in Washington, had sent a
protest note to secretary of state
George C. Marshall Wednesday.
The radio said the Soviets also
sent the note to the French gov
ernment “With a request" to make
Tts contents known, to the allied
afad associated powers, which had
signed • the peace treaty with
Italy..”. ..
It was the second such protest
last week. Saturday Russia com
plained to the U. S. and Britain
over the proposed reopening of
Mellaha air base in North Africa.
This protest also charged violation
of the Italian treaty.