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VOL. L. No. 66. NOME. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 15,. Per COW
NW Floods Take
Great Toll In Lives
And Property
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By William Phipps
PORTLAND, — </P) —The Col
umbia flood crest bore down on
the Clatskanie area today in its
rampage to the Pacific Ocean. The
river lapped less than three inches
from dike top and was going
higher.
Four hundred civilian volun
teers struggled to heighten the
nine dikes in the threatened area
two-thirds of the way down the
210 mile stretch between Portland
and the sea.
Behind the hard pressed earth
works is the town of Clatskanie.
Its population of about 1,000 has
been evacuated, so have residents
in other districts of the area.
U. S. Army Engineers described
the situation in the Clatskanie
area as “critical.” And it put the
same label on five other areas, ex
tending as far upriver as Port
land where the crest passed yes
terday.
But nowhere was the margin
between safety and destruction
as narrow as the cryptic “free
board, two-thirds of a foot” re
ported by the engineers around
Clatskanie.
The flood crest has passed the
major cities—Portland, Oregon’s
metropolis; Vancouver and Long
view on the Washington side of
the state-separating river. These
communities, and many others,
are trying now to get back to
normal.
It will be a long haul. An es
timated 10,000 homes were swept
away by the rampaging river.
The entire city of Vanport was
destroyed. Dikes were washed out
communications were disrupted.
Transportation was crippled. Hun
dreds of square miles lay under
a murky shroud of water that will
remain for days and weeks.
The fight now is against dis
ease, to search for the dead, to ^
bring the families together again,'
to feed and clothe those who lost
everything, to supply temporary
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Bill Introduced
For Radar Net
U. S. And Alaska
WASHINGTON, — (/P) —Rep.
Vinson (D-Ga.) introduced today
a bill to authorize construction of I
a radar net along the coasts of
the United States and Alaska.
The legislation, he said in a
statement , “will enable the Air
Force to provide adequate air
craft warning installations in the
United States and Alaska.” It
has the Air Free approval, he ad
ded.
The cost of the radar equipment
would be apprximately $160,000,
000, Vinson said, plus $4,000,000
to buy the property on which the
stations will be located.
Asserting it will take five years
to complete, Vinson said:
“Delay at this time is danger
ous to the security of the nation.”
Federal Agencies*
Mobilized For Aid
NW Flood Disaster
WASHINGTON — (/P) —Pres
| ident Truman yesterday ordered
“full resources of the federal gov
ernment” mobilized for aid in the
! Pacific northwest flood disaster.
He directed the Army, the In
terior Department and housing
officials to investigate and make
recommendations for “additional
legislative authority to meet em
ergencies of this character.”
The president wrote Maj. Gen.
Philip B. Fleming, Federal Works
Administrator, directing him to
coordinate all federal agencies
, working on the disaster.
|Mike Sullivan Dies
In Port Angeles
SEATTLE, —(/P)—Michael Jos
eph Sullivan, 47, died Sunday in
a Port Angeles hospital, following
a long illness.
Born in Butte, Mont., he was
reared in Nome, Alaska, and had
worked on Alaska Steamship Co.,
vessels several years. He had lived
I here 15 years and was a member
1 of the Moose lodge.
Surviving are his widow, Hazel;
a brother, John, of Seattle, and
a sister, Mrs. Roy G. Bailie Jr.,
Palo Alto, Calif.
ARCHIE FERGUSON RUSHED
TO FAIRBANKS FOR OPERVN
Archie Ferguson was*rushed to
Fairbanks on Monday by Wien
Alaska Airlines for an appendec
tomy. He is reported doing well
| following the operation.
110 Billion Budget 1
For Army<Navy
And Air Force
By William F. Arbogasl
WASHINGTON, — {IP) — The
biggest peacetime military bud
get in the nation’s history hit the
House floor today—$10,196,672,250
for the Army, Navy and Air Force.
The Appropriations Committee
at the same time released testi
mony warning of the “alarming
menace” of Soviet military might
and disclosing that the United
States fleet now in the Mediter
ranean is there for two reasons:
i First to serve as a warning to
Soviet Union not to try to over
run any of the free countries of
Europe.
Second, to be ready to remove
American forces if worst came to
worst.
Adm. Louis E. Denfield, chief
of naval operations, told the Com
mittee just two weeks ago that
the Mediterranean fleet of one
carrier, three cruisers, and 10
destroyers could be augmented
quickly.
(A 12 ship task force headed
by the carrier Kearsarge left Nor-1
folk, Va., late yesterday to re
lieve the vessels now on duty
in the Mediterranean.)
Discussing the use of U.S. ships j
in foreign waters, Denfield de
clared:
“Not only is the presence of our
ships in certain troubled spots of :
the world today a clear indication :
to would-be troublemakers of our
determination to maintain the
peace; it is also the means, and the ,
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Arabs Say There
W ill Be No Peace
W hile Israel Exists
UNDATED PALESTINE, — UP)
—Arab nations accepted with “ex
planations” today the United Na
tions’ proposal for a four-week
armistice in Palestine. The reply
made plain that the Arab belief
there is no chance of lasting peace
while the Jewish state of Israel
exists.
Israel previously had accepted
with “assumptions.” One of these
was that unlimited immigration,
including men of fighting age,
should continue during the arm
istice. The Arabs specified that
continued Jawish immigration
would constitute a grave threat
to the Arab countries.
Scattered combat was reported
in Jerusalem and elsewhere in
Palestine pending a cease fire
time, which the U.N. had not yet
set. The Arab reply did not make
clear whether the Arab acceptance
of the armistice is conditional on
the United Nations’ agreeing to
their “explanations.” The Arabs
left the time of the cease fire to
be decided. The Jews had set
3 p.m. PST yesterday, conditional
upon similar Arab order.
The “explanations” specified
that any solution partitioning Pal
ssiine into Jewish and Arab states
aas no chance of success. That
is the very point over which both
sides have been skirmishing since
ate in November and warring in
he open since May 15. when the
British mandate ended. The Arabs
dso stressed Jewish immigration
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BARBED WIRE ALLEY IN JERUSALEM
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Barbed wire fills Princess Mary Avenue in Jerusalem at Zion Square
as the British mandate over Palestine ended June 14. The entire roadway
for 150 yards was covered with barbed wire to keep Arabs and Jews
from coming in contact. In background is the Jewish section. Right, cen
ter, is police headquarters. (AP Wirephto)
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Lewis Refuses To
Bargain With The
Southern Colliers
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WASHINGTON, — (/P) —John
L. Lewis argued today that he is
not required to bargain with the
“hostile, arbitrary” Southern Coal
Producers Association.
This was his reply to the gov
ernment’s motion for a Taft-Hart
, ley Act injunction to compel his
i United Mine Workers to seek a
contract with the association.
Lewis’ lawyers filed a motion
to dismiss the injunction suit
brought by Robert N. Denham,
general counsel of the National
Labor Relations Board.
The Taft-Hartley law requires
, unions and employers to bargain
| in good faith with each other’s
chosen representatives. Lewis has
refused to bargain with the South
ern group on the grounds it did
1 not take part in previous soft
coal contract talks, and national
negotiations for a new soft coal
contract have collapsed as a re
sult.
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Arrangements
State Delegations
For Demo. Confab
PHILADELPHIA, —CP)—Man
aging director William Neale
Roach completed today assign
ments of hotel headquarters for
s 'ate delegations to the Democra
tic National Convention July 12.
The assignments include (state
and hotel, in that order*:
Oregon - Penn Sheraton; Wash
ington - Essex; Alaska - Penn
Sheraton.
GEORGE HITE IS LOW BID
FOR NEW HOSPITAL HERE
George Hite, local contractor,
was low bidder on constructin of
the new hospital for Nome, ac
cordhig to information received
here, form the Juneau architect
firm of Foss and Malcolm.
Bids were opened Monday and
the three lowest bids announced.
George Hite bid $442,000: Car
son Construction Co., of Seattle,
$536,208; and Sommers Construc
tion Co., of Juneau, $586,816.
Word received indirectly from
Mrs. Minnie Stewart of the Mis
sion Board Intimates that the bids
were “astronomical” and that the
bid of Mr. Hite was obviously
the one that would be taken.
Contractor Hite states that the
bids are actually closer than at
first appears. The cost of trans
porting the tools and equipment
lecessary for the construction job
was almost the only difference.
He states that he will probably
lave a crew of about 25 men and
work will commence as soon as
foundation difficulties have been
roned out and supplies can be
Drought in.
rHE HARRY DOBSONS
\RRIVE FOR SEASON
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dobson ar
rived from the States to spend the
:ummer at their mining claim in
he Kougarok where they have
operated for many years.