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NEWS IN BRIEF ;
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ANCHORAGE, (/P)—Heavy bal
loting on an over-sized list of can
didates and propositions slowed,
counting of ballots from yester
day’s city election today.
\V ith less than a fifth of the re
turns checked, incumbent mayor
Francis Bowden held a slight lead
over his rival.
WASHINGTON (/P)—The House
labor committee today approved
16 to 3 a bill designed to give the
government power to head off or
stop a telephone strike set for next
Monday.
WASHINGTON (/P>—’The White
House today announced cancella
tion of President Truman’s plans
to speak at Cleveland, Miss., May
8.
Press secretary Charles G. Ross
attributed the action to “pressure
of business — international events
and domestic affairs.
WASHINGTON, (/P) - David
Gray, minister to Ireland, resigned
today. His cabled resignation, ef
fective July 1, was accepted by
President Truman. Gray attribut
ed his action to “personal reasons.”
PORTLAND. Ore. (/P)—A new
coastwise steamship service link
ing Portland, San Francisco and
Los Angeles with Alaska is to be
announced shortly, George Hen
derson, assistant manager of the
Portland chamber of commerce's
foreign trade department reported
today. Hendeson did not disclose
the company beyond saying a
prominent steamship* line was
making the preparations.
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WASHINGTON, i/P)—Vice Ad
- miral Forrest Sherman told Con-1
gress today that the atomic age re-1
quires that the United States be
prepared to mobilize instantly all
resources—industrial and civilian
as well as military—in event of!
war. Sherman, deputy chief of'
naval operations, testified to the1
Senate armed services committee
in support of pending legislation
to unify the army and navy under
_ a secretary of national defense.
NEW YORK (/P)—’The Canadian
, dollar (free rate) continued its
downward trend today, selling at
a discount of 7Yx per cent, or
92.75 cents to the American dol
ra, a decline of Vfc of a cent from
Monday. At this level the Domin
ion currency reached the lowest
point since last July when Canada
f pegged its dollar at par with the
■ American.
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Rep. J.
Parnell Thomas (R.-N. H.i, chair- j
man of the House committee on
un-American activities, asked the
Justice department today to
prosecute the Communist party
and its officials for failure to reg
ister as foreign agents.
He referred to the Communist
party as a “Fifth Column within
our midst.”
ANCHORAGE, (fl*)—Injuries re
V ceived two days earlia- in the
crash of his light plane jreved fat
Maundy Thursday
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BAS RELIEF — Carved and painted by Italian prisoners of war at Camp Clark. Mo., this bas
relief of the Last Supper was presented to a Kansas City Catholic church.
DUNBAR RE-ELECTED
NOME MAYOR
In a quiet, peaceful election yes
terday, Tuesday, incumbent ma
yor, Luther Dunbar was re-elected
over his two opponents, Jim Frye
and Senator Wm. Munz.
Councilmen, elected from a field
of nine, were Steve Anderson, Les
ter Bronson, and Kieth Hedreen
over Fred Cavota, Charles B.
Hyndman, Howard Jonish, Thom
as A. McAllister, Elmer C. Straub
and Jerome Triggs.
Without opposition Carrie M.
McLain was re-elected City Clerk,
C. C. Tanner, City Attorney, and
Marjorie Saario was elected City
Treasurer.
Charles Fagerstrom is the new
member of the school board, de
feating present incumbent A. C.
Steinwandel and W. Boucher.
The tally is as follows:
For Mayor—Luther Dunbar 145,
Jim Frye 55, Wm. Munz 103.
For Councilmen—Steve Ander
sen 169, Lester Bronson 134, Fred
Cavota 71, Keith Hedreen 109,
Charles B. Hyndeman 84, Howard
Jonish 35, Thomas A. McAllister
74, Elmer C. Straub 90, and Jer
ome Triggs 103.
For City Clerk—Carrie M. Mc
Lain 267.
For City Attorney—C. C. Tan
ner 260.
For City Treasurer — Marjorie
Saario 236.
For member of School Board—
W. A. Boucher 75 Charles Fager
strom 140, and A. C. Steinwandel
83.
al Monday night to Lowell Harris,
33, of Dillingham. The plane
crashed Saturday on a takeoff
from Lake Hoot en route to Dill
ingham where Harris and his wife
were to open a business next week.
Mrs. Harris, also in the crash, was
said by hospital attendants to be in
fair condition.
George II, King
Of Greece, Dies
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| ATHENS, (/P)—King George II
died unexpectedly Tuesday of a
heart ailment at a critical period
| in his nation’s history. His 45-year
i old brother Prince Paul was called
to the Throne.
The 56-year-old king had been
complaining recently of pain from
angina pectoris, an ailment arising
from a disease of the coronary ar
teries, former Premier George
Papandreou said. Papandreou said
the monarch died at 3:55 p.m.
I
Jince Paul was to take the
1 royal oath at 7:30 p.m. It was an
nounced that the government and
Paul later would issue messages to
the people.
The death of the king came six
months after his return to his
throne from London after a plebi
scite favoring the monarchy.
He died at a time when the ex
plosive “Greek question” was be
ing debated in Washington 'and in
the capitals of the world, and when
his country’s bloody guerrilla war
fare was being investigated by a
United Nations commission.
ATHENS, (/P)—King Paul, the
; new monarch of Greece, designated
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Formosa Governor
Resigns After Riots
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NANKING, </P) — Peng Hsueh
Pei, minister of information, today
confirmed reports that Formosa’s
governor Chen Yi has submitted
his resignation as an aftermath of
rioting and bloodshed on the is
land. He did not say if it had been
accepted.
The minister of information de
clined to comment on reports pub
lished in Shanghai by J. B. Pow
ell, Jr., that at least 5,000 had been
slain in a Formosan “bloodbath.”
Big Nations Must
Agree On Arms
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. (/P)—A
strong hint from two small na
tions to the five great powers that
arms limitation talks would be use
less unless the major nations agree
among themselves, faced the dele
gates of the United Nations com
mission for convention armaments
today.
The commission was adjourned
until Monday, but the delegates
discussed thoroughly the direct in
vitation from Colombia, supported
by Syria, to France, Great Britain,
Russia, China and the United
States to lead the way in arms re
duction by first agreeing among
themselves.
The U. N. security council gath
ered for another session on the
United States request that this
country be named administrator
for Pacific islands formerly man
dated to Japan but taken from the
Japanese by American troops.
There was hope in the United
States delegation that a vote might
be reached at this session. Austra
lia has withdrawn earlier objec
tions that the whole question
should wait until the Pacific treaty
conference has been held.
Boy, 5, Alone On
Desert All Night
EL CENTRO, Calif. (^)—After
one of the most intensive searches
ever made in the Imperial county
desert country Jimmie Hocker, 5,
was found 25 miles from where he
had strayed from the house trailer
of his parents at Midway Well.
Eight airplanes, a dozen jeeps
and 200 men combed the rugged
terrain before Jimmie, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Hocker of Los An
geles, was found by a Mexican
field worker late yesterday. He
had been in the desert all night.
Miners lake 6-Day
Work Stoppage
'By The Associated Press'
John L. Lewis’ United Mine
Workers quit their soft coal pits
yesterday beginning a six-day
stoppage to memorialize the tragic
dea ns of 111 Centralia <111.» min
ers.
The 400,000 AFL-UMW mem
bers began the mourning period at
one minute after midnight starting
on the East Coast and extending
to the Pacific through the time
zones.
All was quiet in the nation’s an
thracite mines, too.
The hard coal mines laid aside
picks and shovels for traditional
April 1 observances celebrating
the miners’ winning of the eight
hour day nearly a half-century
ago.
But a black shroud hovered over
all proceedings. Memorial services
were the main parts of mining
community programs.
Industry, in the main, seemed
unperturbed, no coal-dependent
firms were expected to curtail pro
duction. Lewis’ timing of the “hol
j iday” comes in a period when lit
tle coal is brought to the surface.
Miners traditionally don’t work
April 1, and few work on Holy
: Thursday or Good Friday. Satur
; day normally ia a day OIr. Wcdnee
day, then, is the only day in which
full production is lost.
One of the 31 survivors of the
tragedy, William E. Rowekamp
said he hoped the holiday “will
call to the attention of the public
the appalling conditions under
miners work.”
And from Washington came pos
itive indications that Congress was
pushing its probe of mine condi
tions under federal operation.
Secretary of interior J. A. Krug
working on a report to the Sen
ate investigating committee, indi
cated it may be submitted some
time during the day.
Meantime, officials of the solid
fuel administration said produc
tion of soft coal was off 20 per
cent yesterday as numerous min
ers “jumped the gun'’ on the me
morial holiday.
Seawall For Nome
Bill Introduced
WASHINGTON, />P)_Measures
introduced in the House yesterday
included a bill by Delegate Bart
lett for the erection of a seawall
or similar shore protection at
Nome. It would be built by army
engineers as a harbor improve
ment.
Freight could be moved between
ports in Canada and Alaska on
Canadian vessels when handled
as part of a through haul from any
of the States over Canadian rail
lines if a bill recently introduced
by Delegate Bartlett prevails.
The measure, which seeks to
amend a part of the so-called re
strictive Jones Act, would allow
utilization of such Canadian ports
as Prince Rupert for the movement
of through traffic which Delegate
Bartlett believes would have bene
ficial results.