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NEWS IN BRIEF
Y ANKE E STADIUM, (/Pi —
Preacher Roe. gangling bag of
bones from Arkansas, shut out the
Yankees with six hits Thursday.
Brooklyn squared the World Series
to one game each with a one to
nothing victory over Vic Raschi,
while 70,053 fans watched in com
parative silence. It was the second
1-0 victory and is a new experi
ence in the history of the World
Series. Brooklyn scored the lone
run in the second inning. Jackie
Robinson doubled to the left field
corner, with his first hit of the
series. He went to third after third
baseman Jerry Coleman raced into
foul territory to catch a ball. Gil
Hodges singled scoring him.
EBBETS FIELD, Brooklyn. (/P)
Big John Mize’s two-run single
top the New York Yankees ninth
inning explosion that barely sur
vived the dying gasp of the double
homer blast by Brooklyn for a
four to three victory in the third
game of the World Series.. It gave
the Yanks a two to one edge in the
best of seven series. Mize’s blast
off the screen top on the right field
wall broke the one to one tie.. This
however wasn’t enough to win.
Jerry Coleman’s single then drove
in the run which proved to be the
clincher. Page taking it easy in the
last of the ninth when Luis Olmo
and Roy Campanella hit hofers.
Bruce Edwards came in to pinch
hit, but struck out to end the
game.
CORDOVA, </P) — Richard S.
Davis was elected mayor Tuesday
in the municipal elections. He will
serve a two-year term under a
newly instituted proposition which
carried in the voting.
Councilmen elected were Charles
M. Evans, Robert Leff, Axel Sev
erinsen and Frank Swartzbacker.
They will serve newly-voted three
years terms.
Harold R. Nordman was elected
town clerk, and Archibald Mon.
Fieidfl town treasurer.
ASTORIA, Ore., (/P)—Columbia
River members of the CIO inter
national fishermen and allied
workers union oppose putting
their union into the CIO long
shoremen’s and warehousemen’s
union.
The local fishermen, however,
will be bound by majority action
of all allied West Coast fishing
groups and their vote has not been
reported here. The proposal that
fishermen join the ILWU was
made some months ago. Results of
the local election, held two weeks
ago, were reported yesterday
without figures, by Herny Niemela
unton secretary.
SEATTLE (/P) — The Alaska
Steamship comnay’s Southeastern
Alaska scheduled freight service
inaugurated by the Steamer Vic
toria September 9 is to continue
* despite the lay-up of the Victoria,
the company reported yesterday.
' The Motorship Sailor’s Splice,
October 9, is the next departure
set for this run. Its ports of call
are Metlakatla, Ketchikan, Wran
gell, Petersburg, Juneau, Pelican
(Continued on Page Seven)
U. S. Protests
Soviet Treatment
Of II. S. Prisoners
WASHING TON, (A1) — The
United States sent a strongly
worded note to Russia yesterday
1 protesting the “shocking” mis
treatment of Americans who stray
into the Soviet Zone of Germany.
“This treatment the United
States Government finds to be in
. shocking contravention to tne most
elementary standards of interna
tional decency,” the note said.
At the same time the United
States, through Ambassador Kirk
in Moscow, notified the Russian
foreign office that “it expects
that those Soviet officials who are
responsible for these acts will be
punished.”
The American not referred spe
cifically to the case of the twe
American college students whe
“inadventently and innocently'
the Russian zone while bicycling
and who were detained eight
weeks.
It also cited the case of Pvt
John J. Sinkowicz, an American
soldier, who escaped Sept. 16 from
a prison in the Soviet sector ot
Berlin after 10 months of impris
onment. The note said he was held
under ‘brutal and uncivilized con
ditions.”
The note said bluntly:
“There can be no justification
for this kind of treatment of citi
zens of a friendly nation, persons
whose only violation of law is
purely technical at most and
whose innocence of criminal
charges can easily be established.”
Senate, House Pass
Seawall Bill
WASHINGTON OP)—'The House
and Senate both approved com
promise legislation yesterday call
' ing for appropriations of $634,920,
000 for more than 300 water pro
jects. The measure was sent to the
White House.
The amount would be a record
one-year appropriation for army
engineer flood control and rivers
and harbors projects. It exceeds
last year’s by more than $15,000,
000.
The bill included two major
Alaska water appropriations:
$701,000 for Nome Harbor and
; $343,000 for Wrangell Narrows in
Southeastern Alaska.
BULLETIN
FAIRBANKS, (>r) — A speciaJ
auditor's report on Alaska finances
cites twenty-one irregularities in
the handling of Territorial cash
during the 1947-48 biennium. The
audit, ordered by the last Legisla
ture, was made by the Seattle firm
of Arthur Anderson Company.
The published report lists nins
instances in which acts in th«
traasure'r office are held to b*
contrary to the Attorney General'i
interpretation of the Territorial
laws report also said there wen
improper procedures in the officei
of the Territorial auditor, depart
ments of education, public welfan
and taxation and the University oi
Alaska administration.
Ailni. Radford Savs
B-36 Polic y Is
**Rad (iani!dck**
WASHINGTON, </P; — Admiral
Arthur W. Radford told Congress
today that concentrating American
military strength in the air forces
big B-36 bomber is “a bad gam
ble with national security.”
The theory of ‘‘a cheap and
easy victory” through strategic
bombing is unsound. Radford de
clared.
Radford was before an open ses
sion of the House armed Services
committee. The committee gave
naval officers an opportunity for
the first time to air at the Capitol
their differences with other arm
ed services over high military pol
icy.
Radford’s statement was first
given the House group at a closed
session yesterday. Over the protest.
of secretary of the navy Matthews, j
the committee decided he should
make it again publicly.
Matthews took the position that
national security might be dam
aged if Radford’s views were made
public. But the committee voted
him down, 9 to 6.
The committee wants to find out
why the navy men—like the sus
pended Capt. John G. Crommelin
—think morale and fighting effi
ciency of the sea service are being
worn away by present defense pol
icies.
Some of these officers feel that
the air force and its intercontin
ental bomber are being favored
over the navy and its carrier
planes in defense plans.
At the outset, Radford told the t
committee that decisions on de
fense planning may determine
whether or not there is a war. He I
said:
“If the armed services of this
nation are unsoundly organized
and improperly equipped they will
not be fully effective as a deter
I rent to aggression. They may even
I invite it.”
Whatever the decisions, “some
I riiman Si«*ns
Foreign Arms
Aid Hill
WASHINGTON, President
Truman yesterday signed the $1,
314,010.000 arms aid bill, calling
it “a notable contribution to the
collective security of the free na
tions of the world.”
The legislation authorizes Amer
ican arms for 14 countries in West
ern Europe, the Middle East and
the Far Pacific to help them resist
communism.
In a statement at the signing
ceremony at the White House, Mr.
Truman said:
‘ This act is necessary only be
cause of the unsettled conditions
of the world today which we, in
concert with many other nations,
are striving to overcome.”
Legislators who helped push the
measure through Congress were
invited to the ceremony at the
White House.
Eight of the countries author
ized to get American weapons and
military supplies are European
partners in the North Atlantic
pact, whose defense committee
Wednesday night set up machin
ery to draft strategy for any future
attack.
At a Pentagon session of more
than five hours the defense group
set up a military committee of top
professional strategists which was
called into its first session this
afternoon. Heading this group is
General Omar N. Bradley, chair
man of the U. S. joint chiefs of
staff.
Mrs. Sally Browning is sched
uled to arrive in Nome next Mon
day. She is a Girl Scout leader in
structor and plans to be in Nome
for about a week, according to
advices working with the leaders
of the local troops.
criticism is inevitable,” Radford
went on, adding that “agreement
solely for agreement’s sake on vi
tal national issues is dangerous.”
THE BULWARK
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News of the \\ orld
At A Glance - - -
Thursday, October 6. 1949
<By The Associated Press*
President Vincent Auriol of
France today accepted the resig
nation of Premier Henri Queuille.
Partisans of the right and left im
mediately set up a clamor to enter
the government.
Queuille has led the most stable
and enduring French government
since the war. Devaluation of the
franc brought on the crisis.
The Premier was forced to re
sign because of a split between
left and right in his coalition cab
inet. He had held it together for
one year and 24 days but devalua
j tion of the franc and fear of infla
tion brought increased demands
from the socialists for wage boosts.
Queuille quit because he strongly
opposed general increases believ
ing they will only speed up the in
flationary cycle.
The Soviet delegation at the
United Nations is hinting it has a
new peace proposal up its sleeve.
Delegate Jakob A. Malik started
other delegates guessing when he
announced he would propose a
new plan on armament control be
fore the security council next
Tuesday.
Reporters asked Malik if his
new plan embraced a census of
atomic weapons as well as conven
tional armaments. Malik replied:
“You know our policy has been
consistent.”
The Soviet Union in the past has
opposed any world count of wea
pons which would not include
atomic weapons.
Russia, on paper, is going to
give the embryo East German
government a taste of sovereignty.
The government which is to be
proclaimed tomorrow is being set
up to rival the West German re
public sponsored by the United
States, Britain and France. The
communists claim the western gov
ernment is a puppet controlled by
the Western Allies occupation
statute.
To gain support of East Ger
mans it was announced that the
Russians will only exercise “ad
ministrative supervision” over the
new East German government.
At Canton, the Chinese Nation
alists claimed their armies are do
ing better in the field. They an
nounced a sizeable victory over
the communists in Hunan pro
vince, and said it would stabilize
the situation in Central China.
Friday. October 7. 1949
German communists today pro
claimed a new government for
East Germany to rival the West
German Republic sponsored by
the United States. Britain and
France.
The Soviet-controlled German
People’s Council in Berlin voted
unanimously to become the lower
house of the “German Democratic
Republic.”
Although the Communists rep
resent their latest action as a step
towards a united Germany. West
ern observers satd its effect will
be just the opposite. Creation of
the “German Democratic Repub—
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