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VOL. XLIX. No. 34. NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1947 PER COPY—15c
NEWS IN BRIEF |
TEWKESBURY, Mass., </P) —
Fire, which swept the bedroom of
a Tewkesbury dwelling, had
claimed the lives of five tiny
brothers today. One of the to is
was found dead in the ruins yes
terday by firemen and Jour other
died during the day ancT night a
the Tewkesbury state hospital.
CHICAGO, (/P) —James Crow-1
ley, 44, presient of the Chicago
Bartenders union, was shot and
^ seriously wounded and his wifej
was killed by gunmen who fired
shotgun blasts into their automo
bile in front of their south side
home early today.
MANILA, (>P) — Fire swept
through grass surrounding the!
Manila air depot this afternoon,
destroying a large amount of air-!
plane engines and parts. A score
of planes and a warehouse filled
with oils were threatened until
the wind shifted suddenly.
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HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (/P)—Leo;
P. McLaughlin, who will retire
next month after 20 years as Hot
Springs mayor, has been indicted
by a special Garland County gran
jury on charges of bribery and
conversion of city funds.
• The grand jury last night re-j
turned seven indictments against
McLaughlin, whose political fac-1
tion controlled city and county of- j
fices for two decades.
PITTSBURGH, fP)—Rank and j
file members of the AFL-United ■
Mine Workers today were report-1
ed quietly raising money to pay at
least a part of the $710,000 in
fines imposed on the union and it;!
leader John L. Lewis, in the in- '
junction case.
The UMW has about 400,000:
members in the nation so that if
each contributed $1. the total;
would pay more than half the
fines.
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LOS ANGELES (/P)—Mayor Ed
P ward J. Jeffries, Detroit, vacation
ing in California, agreed with May
or Fletcher Bowrow, Los Angeles,
that in their cities: Smoke is bad;
housing terrible; crime growing;
employment good.
But, on population, said Jeff
ries: “We still believe Detroit is
the fourth largest city in the na
tion and you believe Los Angeles
is; and that’s that.”
It is reported that a plane,;
after making a bad landing on An-;
nette Island, near Ketchikan,!
burned.
ROCKFORD, 111. '(/P)—Mayor C.
Henry Bloom and two other city
officials—just like baseball pitch
ers in spring training—were get
ting their arms in shape today. But
Bloom and clerk Elmer O. Strand,
and treasurer Frank Ditto weren’t
going to pitch baseball. The city’s
machine which affixed their signa
tures on municipal paychecks
k broke down after being in opera
tion for 10 years. They hope to
have the payroll signed on time to
hand out checks tomorrow.
Seeing The
Legislature From
The Gallery
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(By Mildred Hermann)
The Senate this afternoon killed 1
the Rivers-Walker income tax bill.
Voting against it were all Senators i
of the Second Division, Collins and
Rogge of Fairbanks, Coffey of An-;
chorage and Dawes and Green of|
Juneau. This was one of three bills!
offered jointly by Walker and Riv
ers for a complete financial pro-,
gram lor the Territoy. Its loss’
which was expected is a serious
blow to the Territory.
Senators Jones and Cochran made
strong speeches against this mea-;
sure, but Munz and Scott made no
comment.
The House last night tabled the
sales tax bill, which seeks to dou
ble the present levy and earmark
the increase for the school fund.
The House has killed by a 14 to j
10 vote the bill providing for,
changing longshore hiring proced-1
ure to enable companies to unload |
boats more quickly. This bill was.
urged oy the steamship companies;
as a solution for one of their prob-!
lems that they claim increases op-1
erating expenses materially.
A long hearing on this bill pre
ceded the vote on this measure, j
The hearing was participated in
by operators and several represen
tatives of labor who called the bill i
an anti-labor measure that sought j
to penalize longshoremen for de-.
lays for which the companies are:
responsible.
Night sessions in both Houses1
;n an effort to clear calendars
as it is impossible to transmit!
measures from one house to an
other after the fiftieth day without,
suspending rules, which requires a
two-thirds vote.
Cochran has been replaced on
the board of regents at the univer
sity by Reverend Webb of Juneau
in an appointment made today by
the Governor. This requires con
firmation by a two-thirds vote of1
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Saved After 11
Days In Boat
TAMPA, Fla. (A*) — Two sun
blackened Virginians were recov
ering from exposure and near
starvation today after being adrift
11 days in a small power boat in
the Gulf of Mexico. The two men
were able to talk of their dramatic
rescue yesterday by an army am
phibian only a few hours before a
search which covered 50,000
square miles of Gulf waters was
scheduled to end.
They told of long hours of hun
ger and cold as they tossed about
in their 20-foot cabin cruiser, and
of using their last flare in a des
perate gamble to attract an army
search plane from MacDill field.
The plane saw the flare and ra
dioed the amphibian which effect
ed the rescue. “I guess we’ve been
lucky,” Blanchard said, lying on a
hospital bed at MacDill field. "The
only things that saved us were the
Lord, a stout boat and the army
air forces.”
Varied Reaction
In Japan To Speech
Of MacArthur
TOKYO, —Japanese today ac
c 1 a i med General MacArthur’s
press conference declaration as the
strongest, most detailed expression
of Japan’s present position the
world has heard.
But many of them voiced fear of
being cut off from United States
financial aid and of losing the sta
bilizing influence of American mil
itary power.
The supreme commander told
American correspondents at U'
luncheon Monday that a peace
treaty with Japan should be made
soon, the occupation terminated,
and future guidance of the coun-■
try turned over to the United Na
tions.
All newspapers printed AlacAi
.bur's statement in lull without e l
iiorial comment. It was the major
topic of conversation.
The supreme commander’s main,
points coincided with hopes which
government officials have long ex
pressed—an early peace, end of
military occupation prompt deter
mination of reparations and more
permanent economic assistance.
Some young intellectuals were1
concerned lest withdrawal of
American occupation forces would
stimulate stronger political activ-;
ity by extremists and checkmate
the growth of democracy.
These Japanese commented that
a civilian administration might not
have the same restraining influ
ence on Communist elements that
MacArthur and the occupation
army have had.
Japanese generally are pessimis
tic about the authority of the
United Nations. Heading of dis
putes in its sessions, they are in- J
dined to think its control would;
subject Japan to inter-Allied fric
tion. This generally has been lack-j
ing in Japan because of the dom-'>
inant American influence.
The Japanese feel themselves1
tied to Americans and that the |
United States is more willing and
able to advance tangible financial
and physical assistance which this
country needs.
Government officials, unable to
speak officially, have been urging
in private for months the obtaining
of American loans as the sole
means of solving Japan’s economic
crisis.
Lewis Withdraws
Strike Notice
WASHINGTON, (/P> — John L.
Lewis today withdrew his contract
termination notice to the govern
ment effective March 31 in compli
ance with a supreme court man
date.
Lewis sent a 20-word letter to
Secretary of Interior Krug an
nouncing that the notice which he
had given Krug last .Nov. 15 “is
hereby unconditionally w i t h -
drawn.”
It was this notice of contract
termination that touched off a 17
day strike last fall.
Lewis called off that strike until
March 31. His action today thus
Russia Demands
Ten Billion More
Reparations
(By The Associaed Pies'.1
Of the $1,330,000,000 in repara
tions thus far assessed against the
losers of the recent war, 07 per
cent, or $900,000,000, has been
awarded to the Soviet Union,
which Monday demanded an addi
tional $10,000,000,000 in compen
sation for war losses from Ger
many.
Russia, the only major power to'
claim reparations, gets $100,000,000
from Italy, $200,000,000 from Hun
gary and $300,000,000 each from
Romania and Finland by the terms
of peace treaties signed in Febru
ary.
Other nations awarded repara
tions include Yugoslavia, $200,000,
000 from Italy, Bliga: :a and Hun
gary; Greece, $150,000,000 from
Italy and Bulgaria; Ethiop a, $25,
000,000 from Italy; Albania,*
$5,000,000 from Italy; and Czecho
slovakia, $50,000,000 from Hun
gary.
Russia’s new ten billion demand
against Germany amounts to al
most a third of the full total assess
ed against Germany by all the Al
lies after the first world war, when
an allied financial council fixed
the German bill at 132,000,000,000
gold marks — or approximately
$33,000,000,000.
The winners collected only a
small fraction of that total, how
ever, and it never was paid in lull,
even after the Young plan—named
for Owen D. Young who formu
lated it in 1929—cut the bill to
$9,000,000,000 and gave the Ger
mans until 1988 to pay.
Finally, in 1931, at the height of
the world-wide depression, all rep
arations payments were abandoned
at the suggestion of President
Hoover, who declared an indefin
ite moratorium on such payments.
Find Missing Plane
Near McGrath
A missing Northern Airway^
plane, out of Fairbanks, was lo
cated this morning out of McGrath,
with pilots and passengers unhurt.
The plane had been missing since
Monday and the P.A.A. and other
planes flying in that area had been
searching for it.
It was located by an army plane
it is reported, and the passengers
and crew picked up by a small
plane on skis.
It has not been learned what
was the cause of the accident or
how badly the plane was dam
aged.
C.A.A. OFFICIALS
HERE ON BUSINESS
A group of C.A.A. officials ar
rived from Anchorage to arrange
for the transportation of fuel to
their station at Bethel, as that sta
tion would have to close unless ad
ditional supplies were sent.
apparently erases the possibility
of renewal of the work stoppage
at the end of this month.
Without a contract, the miners
historically do not work.
LIFTING THE LID
AT JUNEAU
JUNEAU, (/Pi—The Committee
ub-ti.ute general appropriations
'o.l! was accepted by the House in
* n , it s.-ssion would appropriate
ust under eight million dollars for
-.encra! expenses, schools and roads
for the next biennium. The bill
lops nearly three million dollars
from the estimate approved by the
budget board. Schools appropria
tion is only one set higher than or
iginal estimate and this is due to
the increased pay for teachers ap
proved recently by the legislature.
Appropriations for liquor en
forcement, administration of vet
erans fund and Alaska Develop
ineiH uoaiu were euminaiea ana
most other departments are cut
back. The bill also provides all
unexpended appropriations made
prior to this session to revert to
the general fund except those for
schools and universities.
JUNEAU, </P) — The House in
definitely postponed the bill to li
cen-e children’s homes by the wel
fare department.
Passed the bill to appropriate
funds for construction and equip
ment of non-profit community hos
pitals.
It killed the longshore hiring bill
but moved for reconsideration of
several other bills passed but re
considered.
Tuesday the Senate passed sub
stitute bill which permits all offi
cials to travel outside the Territory
when necessary.
The Senate also passed the bill
appointing city officials and util
ty boards.
Both Houses were in session late
Monday night, and it will take
some time to correctly check pro
ceedings.
JUNEAU, <£*) — Alaska’s pro
posed net income tax killed by the
Senate by a 7 to 9 vote. It would
have become effective April 1.
Voting for the income tax bill
were Brownell, Engebreth, Perat
rovich, Rivers, Walker, Nerland,
Butrovich.
The House reconsidered the
longshore bill providing 24 hours
work by longshoremen if required,
by a vote of 10 to 14.
The House killed the Senate bill
providing for party conventions.
The Govenor reappoints Mrs.
Haas to the board of regents, also
W. Robert Webb, rector of Trinity
cathedral in place of Cochran.
The House passes Senate bill
amending the banking laws.
The Governor allows Senate bill
requiring candidates to file an oath
of qualifications to become law
without his signature, stating he
found a defect in the law but con
sidered it insufficient for veto.
SAN FRANCISCO, (/P)—Radio
station KYA went off the air today
—struck by AFL announcers seek
ing wage increases.
Five other independent stations.
KSFO, KSAN and KJBS in San
Francisco and KLX and KROW in
Oakland, are involved in the dis
pute. It was not announced when
or if they would be struck.