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NEWS IN BRIEF
MARCUS HOOK, Pa. (/P> — A
spectacular blaze swept through
two huge wax tanks and a ware
house at the vast refinery of the
Sun Oil Co. last night. The flames,
visible for miles, mushroomed
through the wax after starting
with a muffled explosion. No one
was reported injured and company
officials said the cause of the blast
and fire had not been determined.
LONDON, OP)—Max Baski, Kul
mont, Pa,, heavyweight who stop
ped Britain's Bruce Woodcook in
seven rounds last night will not
tight Joe Louis this year, match
maker Nat Rogers of New York
said today after a conference with
Nate Wolfson, Baski’s manager.
SAN DIEGO. Calif. OP)—Heavy
weight champion Joe Louis an
nounced last night that unless a
title defense is lined for him this
summer he is prepared to announce
his retirement from the ring. Louis
said he had been offered a chance
to enter the insurance business in
Detroit and expected to accept it
the moment he announced his re
tirement.
NANKING, OP) — Chang Chun,
governor of Szechwan province,
today was appointed Premier of
China. Chang’s appointment had
been forecast for months—even
before T. V. Soong resigned as
Premier a month ago. There was
no explanation for the delay.
BUDAPEST, OP) — A peoples
court convicted 13 persons today
of plotting against the Hungarian
republic in an effort to re-estab
lish the regime of Admiral Nicho
las Horthy by armed revolt and
sentenced three of them to die by
strangulation. Anti-Commun i s t s
declared the accusations were part j
of a Communist “frame-up,” in-1
tended to eliminate the dominant
small holders party from the gov-1
ernment.
SCHENECTADY. N. Y. (/P)—A
CIO electrical workers local claim
ing 13,000 members called today
for a 24-hour nation-wide work
stoppage as a protest against the
omnibus federal labor bill to re
strict strikes and unions.
ST. LOUIS, (/P) — Pressmen on J
three St. Louis dailies agreed to re- j
turn to work today, ending a walk- j
out which had forced the newspa
pers to suspend publication since
last Sunday. The decision followed i
receipt of a telegram from George
L. Berry, president of the interna
tional printing pressmen’s and as
sistant’s union (AFL) saying the
walkout over a wage dispute viola- j
ted the pressmen’s contract with j
the publishers.
SUPPORT YOUR RED CROSS1 '
Alaskan Shipping
Will Be Tied-Up
Again This Summer
SEATTLE, (/P) — The Pacific
Northwest Trade association was
told yesterday that labor troubles
this summer and fall may again re
sult in disruption of Alaska ship
ping and “Alaska may freely ex
pect to take it on the chin again.”
The warning came from Leslie
R. Baker, vice president and gen
eral manager of the Alaska Steam
ship company, who disclosed that
re-negotiation of contracts with 22
unions will begin June 15 and con
tinue “almost constantly” until
mid-December.
Clark Says
Wallace “Lies”
PHILADELPHIA, (JP)—Any one
‘‘who tells the people of Europe
that the United States is commit
ted to ruthless imperialism—and
war with Russia—tells a lie,” At
torney General Tom Clark de
clared. Clark did not specifically
name Henry A. Wallace as the ob
ject of his remarks although he
left little doubt that he was refer
ring to recent Wallace speeches
abroad.
In his Jefferson Day address last
night, Clark also defended current
U. S. foreign policy, commending
the American stand as a battle
against “the attempted encroach
ment of Russia.” ,
He sharply criticized “the cheap,;
blundering assault now being
made by some upon the bi-partisan
foreign policy of our nation.”
“It is a most cruel falsehood,”
he said, “because it reveals a lack
of understanding or appreciation
of the American way of life.”
Seek Plan To Stop
Telephone Strike j
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WASHINGTON, (TP) — Disap
pointed government conciliato r s
rummaged through the ruins of
Secretary Schwellengach’s shat-!
tered peace plan today for a new
formula to settle the cross-country
telephone strike.
Government seizure of the tele
phone industry still was considered
only as a last resort in top admin
istration circles, despite the rebuff j
by both company and union to
Schwellenbach’s arbitration pro
posal.
The secretary of labor, who had
hoped to end the strike of 340,000 j
telephone workers by Thursday'
night through a plan for negotia- j
tion of some issues and arbitration!
of the others, refused to give up j
hope of persuading them to accept.
Nome Lighterage
Rates Not Subject
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Delegate
Bartlett has received information
of a ruling on the Nome lighterage
hearing which states that the
lighterage activities of the Lomen
Commercial Company serving
Nome and other places on the Sew
ard Peninsula are not subject to
law, and an examiner of the Mari
time Commission has recommended
dismissal of the proceeding look
ing into the rates, fares, charges,
regulations and practices of the
company.
The proceeding was instituted
last year by the Commission on its
own motion to determine the law
fulness of the operations of the
company under the Shipping Act
of 1916 and the Intercoastal Ship
ping Act of 1933. The Alaska De-!
velopment Board, the Territory of
Alaska, the Administrator of the
Office of Price Administration, the
United States Smelting Refining
and Mining Company and the
Seattle Traffic Association were
interveners in the proceeding.
The examiner for the Commis
sion, F .J. Horan, in reaching his |
decision stated that the business
was exempt from the regulatory
provisions extended the Maritime
Commission since Congress, in
passing the Shipping Act in 1916
omitted “ferrying,” “towing.”
“transfer,” and “lighterage” from
the provisions of the Act.
Final decision in the proceeding!
will be made when the members
of the Maritime Commission act |
on Examiner Horan’s recommen
dations.
Danish King’s
Condition Worse j
COPENHAGEN. Denmark. (/P)—
Attending physicians said Tuesday
that King Christian X had taken
a slight turn for the worse in his
desperate illness.
His temperature rose from 100
to 101. Four physicians examined
the 74-year-old king in the after
noon. The Royal physician an
nounced yesterday that Queen Al
exandrine had been stricken with
influenza after long nights of vigil
at the bedside of her ailing hus
band.
DUKE MITROVITCH LEAVES
FOR FAIRBANKS
M. S. <Duke> Mitrovitch, past
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, and active civic leader
leaves tonight for 26 Mile, out of !
Fairbanks, where he will be super
visor of electrical construction for
the Morgan Electric Co. on a sub
contract of the B.J.L. Co. project
at that place. He plans to be gone
several months. *
Statehood For
Alaska Hearing
Op ens Today
WASHINGTON, (/P> — Alaska,1
purchased from Russia 80 years i
ago for $7,200,000, will present a
score of witnesses today in its bid
for statehood.
The Alaskans are hopeful that
the House public lands sub-com
mittee will promptly recommend
House approval of Alaska as a
new state. The committee recently
recommended statehood for Ha
waii after a hearing that lasted
eight days. The Alaska hearing is
expected to be much shorter.
Secretary of the interior Krug
is expected to be the first witness.
He has frequently urged Alaskan
statehood.
Eight members of the House
have asked that they be permitted
to testify in favor of statehood for
the Territory. They include Rep.
Angell <R.-Ore.> who, as ranking
Republican of the Territories com
mittee of the last Congress, visited
Alaska two years ago.
Other witnesses will include
Emil Hurja. Washington: Delegate
Bartlett of Alaska; Federal Judge
Anthony J. Dimond of Alaska’s
Third Judicial Division: Ralph
Rivers, attorney general of Alaska;
George Sundborg, general mana
ger of the Alaska Development
Board; Robert B. Atwood, editor
and publisher of the Anchorage
Daily Times: William L. Baker,
editor and publisher of the Ketch
ikan Chronicle: Governor Ernest
Gruening ; John H. Dimond, of
Washington and Alaska; Hugh
Dougherty, of Anchorage; Lee C.
Bettinger. businessman and mayor
of Kodiak.
Delegate Bartlett said in a state- ‘
ment today: “Alaska should be ad
mitted to the Union with the least
possible delay.
“Alaska should be made a state
so that its close to 100,000 inhabi
tants can enjoy the advantages of
citizenship.”
British Disclaim
Wallace Remarks
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LONDON, f/P)—Henry A. Wal
lace said today he would tackle the
troublesome Palestine issue tomor
row in a private conference with
a group of British Parliament {
members. After the meeting with
the Parliament members, he will
fly to Stockholm, Denmark and •
France.”
Wallace declined comment on:
criticism in Washington of his anti- J
Truman doctrine campaign by At-1
torney General Tom Clark.
A high British official, mean-,
while, said the British government
accepted no responsibility for any
thing Wallace has said or may say
here.
They have arrived!
The large cargo plane of Wien
Airlines winged into Nome airfield
Monday afternoon loaded with the
reindeer exhibit for the Fair.
Eleven sled-deer were aboard with
the herders and their families. A
large turnout of military personnel
and townspeople welcomed the
group which will be one of the out
standing features of the Fair.
After the unloading was com
pleted the reindeer were hitched
to the sleds and driven through
town to the reindeer warehouse
which is located in the east end,
where they will be housed prior to
setting up of the reindeer camps
and corrals for public exhibition.
Also aboard the plane was Her
bert C. McClellan of the Alaska
Native Service, who will be super
intendent of the varied reindeer
events planned for the Fair.
Speaking of exhibits, the Army
booth at the Fair will prove of in
terest to all with a display planned
that will represent a cross section
of the several branches of the
Nome Air Base. Tne spirit of co
operation on the part of the Army
personnel is appreciated.
All persons entering exhibits in
the many and varied departments
should bring al! entries to the Ter
r:t:'rial School Gym either tonight
o’- tomorrow morning. Your Fair
booklet gives a complete word pic
ture of the many departments un
der which exhibits may be entered.
So, for the next few days, let us
forget all care and take part in an
interesting and enlivened Fair!
Reynolds Finishes
Record Round The
World Flight
NEW YORK, (iP) — Airport
crowds broke through police lines
early today to welcome, with kisses
and congratulations three men
whose trip around the world was
the quickest ever made.
Milton Reynolds, Chicago pen
manufacturer; his pilot, William
Odom, and his flight engineer, T.
Carrol Sallee, brought their con
verted A-26 bomber—the “Bomb
shell''—over LaGuardia field at
12:06:30 a.m. 'EST>, just 78 hours
and 55 minutes after their take-off
last Saturday. Their unofficial rec
ord cut 12 hours and 19 minutes
from the previous unofficial rec
ord.
Reynolds said “We made the
fastest crossing of the Atlantic ever
made, in five hours and 17 min
utes; we also made a record trip to
Paris and Gander (Newfoundland)
and maybe some other records.”
The previous unofficial round
the-world flight record, 91 hours
and 14 minutes, was set in 1938 by
Howard Hughes, who wired Rey
nolds: “My heartiest congratula
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