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Japan To Be
1 Democratic In Both
Politics, Finances
TOKYO, Oct. 22 —UP)— The
building of a democratic Japan,
both financially and politically,
occupied the center of the occu
pation stage as government offi
cials announced that the powerful
Zaibatsu would be broken up of
its own accord, and gave the Em
peror’s blessing on the develpo
ment of a stronger Diet.
The announcement that the Zai
batsu family, financial giants of
Japan, would liquidate themselves
brought a blast from one of Tok
yo’s newspapers, Asahi Shimbun.
It charged the breakup announced
by finance minister Shibusawa as
“merely a reorganization in dis
I guise” in an attempt to step from
under the responsibility for sup
porting Jap militarists in the past.
Prince Konoye and one Jap
senior statesmen, who is one of
the Emperor’s close advisers, said
the Emperor was anxious for a
revision of the constitution to pro
vide the nation with a Diet strong
enough to be a guiding influence
in the nation’s politics. Konoye,
who at the command of the Em
peror followed General MacAr
thur’s wishes in the matter of
working on a draft of the revised
constitution.
Headquarters ruled Jap teach
ing henceforth should concentrate
on peaceful pursuits, eliminating
military drill and other swash
buckling trappings of the militar
ist regime.
MacArthur’s
Heart Is O.K.
TOKYO, Oct. 22— (/P) — Col.
Roger Egeberg, General MacAr
thur’s personal physician, flying
home to Cleveland on discharge,
is leaving the chief in “perfect
physical condition,” Headquarters
reported. A new York gossip col
umnist forecast General MacAr
thur’s retirement because of a
“serious heart disturbance.”
Headquarters said “there is not
the slightest word of truth in such
gossip.”
ALL EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLDS
MUST REGISTER
A. D. Johnson, chairman of the
local Selective Service Board has
* been advised by J. McCormick,
Selective Service head in the Ter
ritory, that it is imperative that
all men reaching the age of eight
een must register at once.
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The orchestra of a U. S. Army band tries out its rhythm in a publia
square, to the delight of a trio of French youngsters. Many soldiers with
musical ability are receiving excellent training in Army bands. The Regular
Army now is accepting enlistments from qualified civilians 18 to 34 years
of age, inclusive, and is accepting enlistments and reenlistments from
Army personnel.
Democratic
Government Takes
Over In Venezuela
CARACAS, Oct. 22 — (/P) — A
cabinet, pledged to democratic
ideals, took over the reins in oil
rich Venezuela, under the spon
sorship of the revolutionary junta
and has stamped out all important
resistance in its coup d’etat over
the tumultuous week-end of1
armed conflict.
Bespectacled Romulo Betan
court, 37, former newspaper col
umnist, assumed the dual role of |
president and minister of the in
terior. pledged his government
had assumed power only to pro
vide Venezuela with “free direct
universal suffrage by secret bal
lot”
Betancourt promised Venezuela
to take an energetic part in pre
serving hemisphere unity. The
new president is a one-time col
umnist, who later renounced the
party, announced the government
will respect the rights of foreign
ers and their investments.
W. MCDONALD'S RETURN
FROM COFFEE CREEK
Mr. and Mrs. W. McDonald re
turned to Nome Sunday from
their mine at Coffee Creek, where
they have had a very busy sum
mer.
Forrestal Says
Army-Navy Merger
Will Be Unsound
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22—(/P)—
Secretary Forrestal declared the
proposed merger of the war and
navy departments is “revolution
ary and unsound.” Bluntly oppos
ing the war department, he of
fered the Senate Military Affairs
Committee a substitute post-war
program for the armed forces.
The navy plan called for a con
tinuation of the present war and
navy departments, and the crea
tion of a national security coun
cil. This to be composed of the
present Secretaries of State,, War
and Navy, and the chairman of
the proposed national security re
sources board as the fourth mem
ber. The President of the United
States to preside as Commander
in Chief. Forrestal said he favored
a unified leadership in the field.
AUDREY HENDERSON,
PERCY CUTTING WED
Audrey Henderson and Percy
Cutting were recently married in
Fairbanks, at a simple double
ring ceremony. Following the cer
emony a wedding dinner was
served at the Wagon Wheel. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Cutting formerly
resided in Nome.
Election Gives
Approval Of
DeGaulle’s Plans
PARIS, Oct. 22—(JP)—France’s
first general election in nine years
placed an almost unqualified
stamp of approval on DeGaulle’s
plans to found a fourth Republic
on the new constitution drafted
by the people’s chosen representa
tives. The figures announced by
the Ministry of the Interior this
morning, twelve hours after the
closing of the polls showed that
DeGaulle won an overwhelming
, victory.
The two pronged election de
I cided: One—The constituent and
| assembly designated in yester
^ day’s election are to draft a new
f constitution rather than attempt
ot rebuild the government on the
eighteen seventy-five documenta
tion of the Third Republic. Two
—Executive power is to be vested
in the provisional government
during the seven months the as
sembly sits, rather than in the as
sembly itself.
The election witnessed the emer
gency resistance born popular Re
publican movement as a potent
factor in French politics. It re
ceived one hundred thirty-four
seats in the Assembly. The two
branches of the Socialists coal
esced into one group and also got
one hundred thirty-four seats.
The Communists, which before
the election were considered the
dominant political group were as
sured of one hundred thirty-one
seats.
Deny Death
Of Stalin
PARIS, Oct. 22—(IP)—A spokes
man at the Soviet Embassy denied
the recurring reports that Stalin
is dead. The spokesman said the
rumors, current here since Sun
day, were “either pure rumor or
propaganda.”
Outer Mongolians
•Hold Plebiscite
MOSCOW, Oct. 22—(IP)—Early
returns of the Mongolian Peoples
Republic of Outer Mongolia,
showed unanimous support for
national independence, Tass re
ported.
Outer Mongolians went to the
polls Saturday in a plebiscite to
determine whether the area was
to become independent or remain
under Chinese suzerainty.
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Plane Crash Kills
Twenty-Two Near
Anchorage
| ANCHORAGE. Oct. 22— l/P) —
An Army C-47 transport, buffeted
by a sudden forty-mile wind as it
attempted to land at Elmendorf
field, crashed and exploded last
night, killing between twenty-two
and twenty-five. The crash oc
curred at 10:15 p.m.
The plane fell into a swampy
area two miles from the military
resevation. Hours later Alaska De
partment officers said they were
still checking the number of bod
ies. Crash equipment, directed
personally by Brig. Gen. Harry
Johnson, base commander, tried
unsuccessfully to reach the scene.
Men searched on foot for an hour
and a half before the first body
was found. The plane was arriv
ing from Coldbay.
Britain Protests
Russian Pacts
LONDON, Oct. 22—(/P)—A For
eign Office spokesman said that
Britain and United States pro
tested to Pussia against the Sov
iet’s proposed trade pacts with
Romania and Bulgaria, as well as
Hungary. Britain’s protest against
Russia’s proposed five-year pact
with Hungary was announced yes
terday by a spokesman was re
ported unofficially at the time
United States sent a similar pro
test.
Churchill Urges
Demobilization
LONDON, Oct. 22—</P)—Win
ston Churchill is urging Britain’s
Labor government to accelerate
the demobilization of the armed
forces. He declared the “task of
holding Germany down would not
be a hard one, it would be much
more difficult to hold her up.”
Churchill, speaking in Com
mons as leader of the conserva
tive opposition, said the occupa
tion of Germany and the low
countries should require no more
than four hundred thousand
troops, and the same number re
quired in the Mediterranean zone.
OTTO VAN SICKLE
LEAVES FOR STATES
Otto Van Sickle, who has been
working at Pt. Spencer during the
summer, left for the States, but
says that he will return to Nome
in the near future.