Truman Confident
Program for Peace
Will Avert New War
WASHINGTON, (/P)—President
Truman said yesterday he is con
fident <his program for peace will
avert a new world war.
He told a news conference that
another global war would mean a
return to the dark ages.
And, he said, he objected to the
use of the term cocky in describ
ing his attitude that his program
would succeed. He said some col
umnists have so described him and
he thinks it is the wrong word.
His attitude, Mr. Truman declared
is one o*f confidence that the peo
ple of the United States and of |
the world believe his domestic and 1
foreign program both are right.
The President, asked whether j
he would run for the presidency
again next year, said the season
is still open.
As he has before, he told his
news conference, he has made up
his mind what he is going to do,
but is not ready to disclose his
intentions.
That decision, he said, has not
been affected by what he called
the ruckus kicked up by the great
general from the Far East.
This was an obvious reference
to Gen. MacArthur.
Mr. Truman volunteered his
peace remarks at a moment when
questioning had lagged in his
weekly news conference. He said
that in the event of another world
war, this country would be what!
it has not been before in world
wars—a battlefront.
He said he thinks the people
have enough energy and intelli
gence to keep from slipping back
to the dark ages, but that this
might be the result in the event
this country does become a battle
front. He is not willing to take a I
chance on a third world war, he
added.
The president at the same time
called upon the country to observe ;
Memorial Day as a day “to pray
for permanent peace as well as to
honor the heroes of past wars.”
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PITTSBURGH, (IP) — A man |
listening to the news found him
self in the news just a moment
later.
Thomas Brannigan, 59, partner :
in a interior decorating firm, was j
listening to a news broadcast as'
he drove from his home to his
shop with the firm's $1,500 weekly
payroll. As he stepped from the
auto, two hold-up men flashed a
gun, took the payroll and fled in
another car.
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N. O. LEDING DIES IN L. A.
N. O. Leding, well known Nome
i-te and Kougarok miner passed
away at his home in Los Angeles
on April 23, according to word re
ceived from his daughter, Helga
Carroll, who also resides in Los
Angeles. He is survived by his,
widow, who is now 80 years old,
his daughters Helga and Brenda,
both of whom attended school in
Nome.
PORTLAND (Special) — Bonnie
Dunbar, sophomore from Nome,
was initiated into the Lewis and
Clark College Women’s Recrea
tion Association at a potluck din
ner at ithe home of Hester Turner, j
adviser, April 26.
Miss Dunbar, a physical educa- j
tion major," is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Dunbar of Nome.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hawkinson.
teachers for the Nome School, who
have been here for one year, are
leaving Sunday for their home in
Wisconsin. Mr. Hawkinson was
coach for Nome’s winning basket
ball team.
CENTRAL FRONT, Korea, (/P)
—Eighteen American marines and
one soldier captured by Chinese
Communists last November were
rescued today on the outskirts of
the newly captured to'wn of Chun
chon.
All said they had been with
Associated Press photographer
Frank Noel at prison camps in
North Korea from December until
March 7 or 8. They said Noel was
in good health when they last saw
him and they were sure he is
alive and well. Noel was captured
Dec. 2 in northeast Korea.
The liberated men seemed in
good health. They were dirty and
bearded.
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