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VOL. XLVII. No. 62. NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23,1945 PER. COPY — 1U
King Accepts And
Asks Him to Form
New Government
LONDON, May 23-iJP)—Prime
Minister Winston Churchill has
resigned and King George has ac
cepted his resignation and asked
him to form a new administration.
He is expected to form a new gov
ernment within a few hours and
serve until after election.
The resignation of Churchill
means the breaking up of Britain’s
wartime coalition government and
giving the signal for the nation’s
first general election in a decade.
Churchill is expected on the re
quest of the King to form a tem
porary government immediately,
to serve as “caretakers” until af
ter election, which will probably
be July 5.
Three weeks must elapse before
the King formally dissolves the
heavily conservative Parliament.
Labor Ministers who have
^ served in the coalition cabinet
since 1940 were given a mandate
by their party earlier this week
to resign if an election was forced
at this time.
The British Press Associaiton
predicted the new government
* would include such men as Sir
John Anderson, Sir James Grigg,
Sir Andrew Duncan and Lord
Leathers,, all prewar business men
without political backgrounds. All
%
were called into the government
to do special jobs by Churchill
who led Britain from its most des
perate days or war to uncondi
e tional surrender of Germany.
Churchill gave the King his res
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Churchill Calls
* For Election
In England
LONDON, May Prime
Minister Churchill, stung by the
Labor party's refusal to continue
the coalition government until the
end of the Japanese war called
Tuesday for a quick general elec
tion to end “the present bickering”
* of the British cabinet. Churchill
« mentioned no date but it is ex
pected he will advise the King
the election will be held July 5.
TO BATTLE —With a cruiser In the forefround, warships of the U. S. Navy move across
the Pacific toward another attack on the Japanese enemy.
5 British Members
Resign From
Conference
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23-W
—Following the resignation of
Winston Churchill, five members
of the British delegation offered
their resignation to the world
security conference. It leaves only
Lord Halifax as the representative
of the United Kingdom.
Lcrd Halifax has been serving
as the leader of the British group
since the departure of Anthony
Sden and will not be immediately
aifected by the resignation of the
Churchill government, inasmuch
as he is Ambassador to Washing
ton.
BIG RATION OF RATIONING
CONCORDIA, Gas. </P)—Marion
Ellet, columnist for the Blade
Empire, has uncovered the case of
a farm woman who carries 54 ra
tion books, four each for the 12
member of the family; a fuel oil
book; kerosene book; two gasoline
ration books; a truck book and a
non-highway gas book.
Roosevelt Memorial
Stamps To Be Issued
Four memorial stamps, bearing
Roosevelt’s portrait will be issued
beginning June 27 in tribute to
the late President. Secretary
Walker announced each will bear
Roosevelt’s likness. The stamps
Will be one cent green, two cent
red, three cent purple and five
cent blue, and they will be of spe
cial delivery stamp size.
Serious Uprising
In Algeria
LONDON, May 23— (JP) —The
Rome radio, quoting unconfirmed
dispatches from Madrid said seri
ous disorders in Algeria resulted
in three thousand Europeans be
ing killed or wounded and 10,000
native casualties.
The broadcast said the French
Foreign Legion had gone into ac
tion.
About 400,000 men and 100,000
women have left Canadian farms
since 1939.
Since the inception of USO in
1941, the total attendance aggre
fated 682,069,768, and now aver
ages 30,000,000 monthly, according
to the National War Fund which
finances the work of USO.
PROCLAMATION
“Whereas Almighty God in his
infinite widsom has sealed in
death the lips of the Most Rev
erend Joseph Raphael Crimont,
Catholic Bishop of Alaska, who
for more than half a century min
istered to the spiritual needs of
the people of Alaska, and
“Whereas this great Christian
man for more than fifty years car
ried on the work of God in a spirit
of charity and kindliness which
endeared him to the people of
Alaska throughout its length and
breadth, coming as he did in 1894
to the Holy Cross Mission, and
with the exception of one interim
of three years, as president of
Gonzaga University in Spokane,
Washington, devoting his entire
lifetime to the people of this Ter
ritory.
“On foot, by dog team, by gas
boat and in the later years by the
modem means of transportation
Bishop Crimont never waivered in
his great work of caring for the
spiritual needs of his people. No
man has given more to the Terri
tory of Alaska.
“Therefore, I, Ernest Gruening,
Governor of the Territory of
Alaska, actuated by a sense of
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Army And Navy Issues Warning About
Japanese-Sent Balloons On West Coast
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WASHINGTON, May 22—(JP)—
Japanese long range balloons have
made sporadic attacks on the
western part of north America
during the past several months,
the Army and Navy have reported.
Some of the balloons are known
to have landed or dropped explo
sives in isolated localities but
there has been no damage to prop
erty the joint statement said.
This is the first time the public
has generally been told of the bal
loon attacks, although they have
been known to many newspaper
men and others the joint state
ment said. The disclosure is being
made so that a public safety cam
paign could be undertaken to pre
vent possible damage or injury
from the balloons.
There is always a possibility the
statement said, that unexploded
bombs may be found in isolated
spots, concealed in wooded areas
or buried beneath melting snow.
With the approach of warm wea
ther and the end of the school
season the statement added “it is
desirable that people, especially
children living west of the Mis
sissippi river be warned of this
possible hazard, and cautioned
under no circustances to touch or
approach any unfamiliar object.'*
The balloons which carry a few
small bombs are described as gray
white or greenish blue paper,
about thirty-three feet in diam
eter.. The main purpose of the
bombs is believed to set brush and
forest fires. The balloons were un
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