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NEWS IN BRIEF
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NEW YORK, f/P)—Baba Ruth’s
condition remained “good” French ;
Hospital officials said early today. |
The Babe, who spent a comfortable
day Tuesday, was sleeping well, i
the officials reported.
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LOS ANGELES, f/P)—All good!
things, Cocky Lulu Constantino of
New York agreed today, must
someday come to an end. So it
was with his claim of never hav
ing been stopped in some 160 pro
fessional bouts. For Constantino i
was brought up short last night in
the tenth round of the scheduled
10-round main event at Olympic
auditorium by up-and-coming En
. rique Bolanos, one-time Mexico
City bellhop.
TITUSVILLE, Pa. OP)—A new
born baby, among seven patients
rescued when fire destroyed an
osteopathic clinic near here today,
was placed in a cardboard oox
and carried to safety in near-zero
temperatures and a biting wind.
Other patients were taken out in
their beds—the handiest way oi
keeping them warm. Insurance
men said the five-story clinic was
valued at about $80,000. Firemen
drained a well dry in a futile ef
fort to halt the flames.
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SAN FRANCISCO, (/P) — Lum-1
ber mills in Washington, Oregon,
California and Nevada produced
10,522,344,010 board feet of lum
ber in 1945, the regional office of
the department of commerce re
ported today. Oregon ranked first
in production, Washington second
and California third. The 1945 pro
duction in Alaska, from 35 mills
was 59,056,000 board feet, mostly i
spruce.
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PARIS, (jP)—Socialist premier
designate Paul Ramadier today
formed a broad coalition French
cabinet with Georges Bidault of
the MPR party as foreign minis
ter.
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WASHINGTON (/P)—The House !
rules committee today supported
continuation of wartime excise
taxes after getting testimony that
the tax load soon will be lightened
in other respects.
Upon recommendations of the
ways and means committee, the
rules group voted for house action
next week on a bill to continue
war Excises on liquor, cosmetics,
jewelry, furs and some other items.
Without the legislation, the war
taxes will drop to pre-war levels
next July 1 under President Tru
man’s recent declaration ending
hostilities.
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Federal
district judge F. Dickinson Letts
ruled today that OPA’s “historical
use” base for rationing sugar to
industrial users is invalid.
Charles W. Quick, chief counsel
for OPA’s sugar division, called
the ruling preliminary and said it
i does not affect sugar rationing at
this time. Although cautioning
against speculation as to the pos
sible effects, Quick said, “of course
we plan to appeal the decision.”
BUILD1NC A BATTLEWACON — The USS Kentucky, the Navy’s newest battle
ship, takes shape in drydock at Norfolk navy yard, Portsmouth, Va. Completion dates have been set
back, and many new features may be incorporated in the vessel after findings in the scheduled
atomic bomb test in the Bikini atoll in the Marshall Islands
Russia Says Canada
Dependent on U. S.
MOSCOW, UP)—The newspaper
Komsomol Pravda asserted today
that Canada was poiit.cally and
economically dependent on the
United States and Great Britain
and followed “instructions” from
those powers in determining her
foreign policy.
The article said that alignment
was “graphically demonstrated at
the Paris conference and at the
U itel nations general assembly,
where Canada’s fulfillment of the
will of these powers was not guid
ed by its own national interest.”
“Although no danger threatens
Canada from the north, neverthe
less, under the mask of defense
against some imaginary aggressor,
the Canadian government is build
ing big military installations in
the northern regions and carrying
on military maneuvers,” the ar
ticle said. “American war vessels
appear off the northern shores of
Canada from time to time.”
ASSISTANTS TO REV.
AMUNDSEN ARRIVE IN NOME
Mr. and Mrs. John Dahlstrom
arrived Monday from Unalakleet
Mr. Dahlstrom will assist Rev
Amundson in completing the Cov
enant parsonage.
FUR SPORT JACKETS
ON DISPLAY
On display in the window of the
Pan American office are two
beautiful fur sport jackets, one of
which will go to the lucky winner
at the 20-40 club dance being held
this Saturday at the high school
gym.
Senate Asks
Marshall For His
Views On Policy
(By John M. Hightower)
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Secretary
of State George C. Marshall has
Deen invited to give the Senate
foreign relations committee a com
prehensive outline of his views on
American foreign policy.
But Chairman Vandenberg <R.
Micn.) extended the invitation in
such a way, it was learned today,
as to emphasize the committee’s
uesire to co-operate fully with tne'
new cabinet officer in the conduct
of his work.
Marshall was asked to appear at
his own convenience and some
committee members said it would
be all right if he did not find it
convenient to testify until after
the Big Four foreign m.nisters’
meeting at Moscow. The general
assumption is that Marshall will
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SS Baranof
To Get Repairs
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SEATTLE, if?) — A change in
sailing schedules caused by need1
for repairs to the SS. Baranof was
announced today by Alaska Steam
ship company.
The Baranof had been schedule
to sail Friday, but the sailing was
cancelled to give her from two to
three weeks in the repair yard,
offic als said.
The steamer Alaska, originally
set for January 31 sailing, will be
moved ahead to sail next Monday
afternoon.
Kake Indian New
Representative
JUNEAU, (/P)—His election ap
parently assured, Republican lead
ers Albert White and E. E. Eng
1 strom today advised Frank John
son, Kake Indian, to come here in
preparation for next Monday’s
opening of the Territorial Legisla
ture.
Returns from 33 of the 51 pre
c:ncts participating in Tuesday’s
special election to choose a First
District representative, gave John
son 1,643 votes to 684 for the run
nerup, Carl Weidman. Four other
candidates were in the race.
Six members of the Territorial
House and two Juneau Senators
already are on hand for the ses
sion’s opening.
Robert Hoopes, representative
from the Fourth Division, an
nounced his candidacy for Speaker
of the House.
Poland, Yugoslavia
Demands Large
LONDON, (iP)—Poland and Yu- j
goslavia demanded huge settle- j
ments of land and money from
war-flattened Germany and Aus
tria today.
Memo^nda were prepared by
the two Slavic bloc states for con-1
’•'■ on by deputes of the four-;
power foreign ministers council
drafting separate German and
Austrian treaties.
~’r>’and asked for a new German
frontier running from west of the
weinemunde on the Baltic
down the west banks of the Oder
and Neisse rivers to Czechoslava
kia.
Anderson Says He
Will Abolish Devel
opment Board
J SEATTLE, Jan. 21—A sharp
exchange over the alleged threat
I by a Lumen Commercial company
, employee to abolish the Alaska
Development Board featured the
hearing before Maritime Commis
! sion Examiner F. J. Horan on Ber
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ing Sea lighterage rates today.
Counsel David Scoll character
ized as ‘‘intimidation,” a letter he
| said was published last October in
! a Juneau newspaper from Carl
Dewey Anderson of Nome, saying
Anderson and other members of
the Second Division delegations to
..ie Territorial Legislature were
I ‘‘coming down to Juneau” to abol
i ish the board.
i Anderson was elected last Octo
ber to the Alaska House of Repre
1 sontatives which votes on Alaska
Development Board appropriation,
1 and is assistant manager and ac
countant for the Lomen firm
whose rates are under attack by
; the Development Board as “so
high as to be a burden upon in
! habitants of these ports and to hin
der economic activity and devel
opment.”
Ralph Lomen, vice-president,
said Anderson’s statement was his
own and not the company’s, but
Lomen counsel Samuel Wettrick of
( Chicago said he “had it pretty di
. rect" the people of Alaska wanted
4 the Development Board abolished.
The examiner ordered all men
tion of the Anderson letter strick
en from the record.
Entered by the Lomen company
! was an exhibit showing four mena
bers of the Lomen family, who
! serve as officers of the firm, were
! each paid nineteen thousand dol
lars or more last year in salaries,
bonuses and insurance annuities.
Ralph Lomen testified that
storms made lighterage operations
at Nome hazardous and costly. He
i said that past storms have been
worse than those of last fall, and
that “we are waiting for a really
big storm," such as those which he
said the driftwood back against
the foothills testify have occurred
in ages past.
He said the damage was so great
that the people of Nome were
holding a series of meetings to dis
cuss moving the town.
The hearing is proceeding with
an explanation by Lomen officers
of items in the firms accounts.
Today the Maritime Commis
sion is scheduled to turn its atten
tion to Puget Sound terminal rates.
The inquiry has been called to de
termine whether recent increases
are justified in this area.
Briefs were asked by March 14
at the conclusion of the lighterage
case. Omar Victor coun«rt1 for
United States Smelting, Refining;
and Mining company urgea ihe
Maritime Commission to decide
the case before the opening of the
navigation season this year.
COLD ROOMS CAUSES
SCHOOL TO DISMISS
Upper classes of the school were
disnvssed today on account of
heating problems. The rooms were
too cold to hold classes.