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NEWS IN BRIEF
BERLIN (>P)—The Soviet army’s
official newspaper confirmed with
visual evidence Saturday that V.
M. Molotov has risen to new
heights of favor in the Kremlin.
The Taegliche Rundschau pub
lished a full page of pictures of
ceremonies in Moscow commem
orating the 33rd anniversary of
the Red 'revolution, showing
Molotov in significant promin
ence.
CINCINNATI, (£>)—If the Re
publican party wants Senator
Robert A. Taft as its 1952 Presi
dential candiate, it will have to
draft him.
The Senator led right out in an
interview Friday by saying: “I am
certainly not a candidate for the
< Presidential) nomination. I am
not going to run for President.”
Then he carefully appended the
remark: “I don’t say that I would
not take the nomination if it were
offered to me but I shall make no
campaign to get it.”
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EDINBURGH, Scotland, (JP) —
An experimental mcrvie theater
for children was opened here Fri
day night. Adults will be admit
ted only if accompanied by a
child.
NEW YORK, f/P)—All security
and commodity markets in the
United States and Canada were
closed Saturday in observance of
Armistice Day. British markets
are normally closed on Saturdays.
RICHMOND, (JP) — Charles
Johnson went to jail Saturday to
begin a 60-day sentence it will
take him eight month stor serve.
The Henrico county man was or
dered by domestic relations court
Judge R. Dixon Powers to be lock
ed up every week for two days—
Saturday and Sunday—until the
sentence is completed.
The judge reasoned this would
give Johnson a chance to support
his family the rest of the week.
Johnson’s crime—beating his wife.
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FAIRBANKS, (JP) — The lights
went out in Fairbanks Thursday
night for the first time since
World War II. It was a practice
blackout ordered by the City’s
Civil Defense outfit and the mili
tary.
Autos on highways and land
ings of a transport plane at Weeks j
Field were the cfnly blackout vio
lations.
WASHINGTON (£>)—Brig. Gen.
Thomas B. Wilson, New York
Ciyt and Marvin C. Nichols, Fort
Worth, Texas, weer appointed na
tional defense consultants to the
General Services Administration
Saturday.
Wilson is a former chairman of
the Board of Transcontinenttal
and Western Airlines, Inc., former
president of the Pacific Grey
hound Lines and former general
manager of the Alaska Steamship
Co.
LONDON, (/P) — Foreign secre
tary Bevin said today a Russian
plan to end the armed occupation
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I Michiganders Still
; Don’t Know Who
New Governor Is
(By The Associated Press)
Four days after the election no
one knew who Michigan’s Gov
ernor was, Connecticut may have
a Senate recount on its hands and
results were still rolling in—some
of them not off any adding ma
chine.
The strong Republican showing
in Tuesday’s state and national
balloting seemed to assure a larg
er Republican say-so in foreign
affairs.
Certainly, the Republican pre
! election criticism of foreign poli
; cies was expected to grow even ’
more vigorous unless ailing Sena- J
tor Vandenberg (R.-Mich.) can
succeed again in bringing har
mony between the Democratic ad
ministration and a large bloc of
Republican Senators.
Senator Taft (R.-Ohio) whose
! overwhelming re-election instant
! yl made him, a prime Presidential
candidate for 1952 said in Cincin
nati that Republican victories at
the polls don’t mean isolationism
I is back.
But he made no bones about
predicting rougher passage for in
ternational measures and said
that to get Republican support in
foreign affairs, Republicans will
have to be asked in advance—and
not just one or two of them.
The Governor’s race in Michi
gan had reached almost a comic
opera pitch with county after
county reporting errors in addi
tion, plus discovery of thousands
of uncounted votes.
As the corrections kept coming
in, there was even the possibility
that Michigan voters might not
know who their new governor is
in time to inaugurate him Jan. 1.
They voted for Democratic gov
ernor G. Memmen Williams and
Republican Harry F. Kelly. First
it was Kelly, then the errors pop
ped up and Williams led. Now it’s
Kelly again by about 300 votes
| and a recount seems certain. Even
after that any court fights could
delay the swearing-in. Present
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Alaska SS Resumes
Passenger Service
SEATTLE, (/P)—Ship passenger
service to Alaska was resumed
Friday night.
There was a void in the air but
a more than usual warmth of an
ticipation at Pier 42 as the steamer
Denali pulled out into Elliott Bay.
The Alaska Steamship Co. ves
sel carried, 60 passengers north
ward.
A white-jacketed steward re
marked ter a passenger: “It’s good
to be back on the job again.”
Passenger service had been in
terrupted since October in a dis
pute over security screening pro
! cedure of the coast guard. The
Marine Cooks and Stewards* un
ion (Ind.) had objected to it.
Agreement was reached last
week. The Denali stewards signed
on Thursday without protest. One
man removed as a “bad security
risk,*’ but was replaced at once.
Phone Operators
Claim “Lock Out”
NEW YORK (A*), Long distance
telephone operators in New York
City charged today they were
“locked out” when they reported
for work after striking equipment
workers removed picket lines.
The American Telephone & Tel
egraph Co., said that the charge of
“lockout is absurd.”
In Pittsburgh, mounted police
dispersed a crowd of pickets who
surrounded a small Bell truck
halted in traffic. There were no
injuries.
The CIO equipment workers
struck against the Bell System in
44 states last Thursday in a dis
pute over wages and length of
contract.
Removal of the picket lines in
New York was part of the “hit
and run” picketing tactics of the
CIO communications workers of
America to snarl Bell System long
distance lines. The flash picketing
was designed to catch manage
ment unawares and throw long
distance service into chaos before
enough supervisors can be mobil
ized to man switchboards.
The New York operators report
ed at the A. T. & T. long lines
center in three shifts. Large num
bers of them—estimated at 1,300
—left the building within a short
time. They charged they had been
told by chief operators to leave af
ter they said they would continue
to respect picket lines. They said
the company told them they had
workers for the jobs.
Joseph A. Bieme, CWA head,
charged the company’s action con
stituted discrimination and violat
ed the Taft-Hartley Act. He said
he planned to take the matter to
the national labor relations board.
Meantime, federal mediat o r s
said neither union nor manage
ment had budged over the week
end in the strike. New talks were
set for today in the pay and con
tract dispute.
Northwest Passage
May Some Day
Become Reality
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(By Frank E. Carey)
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Direct
navigation between the Atlantic
and the Pacific via a “northwest
passage” now deemed impregna
ble because of ice, may someday
become possible as a result of
studies now underway, a navy
scientist says.
Louis P. Allen of the navy’s hy
drographic office told a reporter
that research now in progress es
tablishes hope that ice experts
may be able to predict “light ice
years” when navigation of the
passage might be possible.
The passage, Allen explained, is
a body of icy, Arctic Ocean wa
ter. extending through the north
of Canada. It’s generally believed
that it is impassable even to ice
breakers throughout much of its
extent.
But Allen said if the current
studies show that ice breakers can
buck through in some years, the
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Volcanoes May
Heat Alaskan
Armed Forces
(By Frank Carey)
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Research
into the possibility of “tapping”
Alaskan and Aleutian volcanoes
to warm American armed forces
in the event of war in the cold
country was suggested Friday by
a defense department scientist.
Dr. H. E. Landsberg of the gov
ernment’s research and develop
ment board made the suggestion
in addressing a conference of top
ranking American and Canadian
scientists considering resea r c h
needs in strategic Alaska.
Landsburg said the volcanic
heat possibility, while probably
far-fetched at this time, warrants
investigation along with other
possible aids to military men who
might be called upon the fight in
a land of rigorous terrain and
weather.
Calling the Arctic areas of
North America “the unprotected
bald spot” on the Western Hemi
sphere, Landsberg said Alaska is
the most exposed area of this na
tion’s northern defense sector, and
added:
“An area with only a little more
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World Celebrates
Armistice Day
(By The Associated Press)
Most western nations celebrated
with parades and speeches Satur
day. the 32nd anniversary of the
armistice which ended World War
I. U. S. Secretary of Defense
George C_ Marshall paid tribute
to American soldiers who died in
two World War and in the Korean
War “to make life more abundant
for all of us.”
Thoughts of the two past World
Wars mingled with grim fears of
a possible third in the minds of
all who celebrated. The observ
ance was overshadowed by the
bloody fighting going on in Korea.
Maj. Gen. David Barr, com
manding the U. S. Seventh Divi
sion, fighting in Korea, paid a
flying visit to pray at the Ameri
can cemetery near Pukchong
wheer men of his outfit killed in
action are buried.
In defeated Germany, which
started both world war, Western
occupation troops held brief mili
tary ceremonies to honor the dead.
The West German and Berlin
press ignored the anniversary of
the day which marked the, first
crushing blow to German militar
istic ambitions.
In most countries the day was
a national holiday. Cannons sal
uted and moments of silence were
observed on the 11th hours of the
11th day of the 11th month in 1918
when an armistice was signed.
Marshall spoke at Arlington
National Cemetery in Washington
beside the grave of Gen. John J.
Pershing, U. S. commander in the
First World War. He spoke of the
Korean war and pledged that the
more than 4.655 Americans who
have died in Korea will not be
forgotten.”
Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Saturday, November 1L 1950
(By The Associated Press)
United Nations forces struck
north in a renewed offensive
against North Korean and Chi
nese communists today, ending a
five- day lull in ground fighting.
Withdrawal erf the Red armies,
after they had inflicted heavy
casualties on Allied units in a
counterattack last week, had puz
zled the U. N. commanders. Dur
ing the lull Allied air power lash
ed at the enemy in wooded moun
tain positions.
The new drive in northwest
| Korea was launched by Ameri
can and British infantrymen in
the wake of ceaseless air blows.
Shoving off today were the U. S.
24th and First Cavalry Divisions
and the British Commonwealth
27th Brigade.
The 24th and the British push
ed north from the Chongchon
river bridgehead to the outskirts
of Pakchon, eight miles north of
i Anju, Allied supply center, gain
ing three miles against virtually
no opposition. The Cavalry moved
from positions farther east but
the extent of their initial advance
was not disclosed.
The northwest offensive was
started soon after Allied airmen
reported a link-up of east and
west coast U. N. forces across the
1100-mile waist of the peninsula.
Meanwhile, to the northeast, U.
| S. Marines pushed steadily tow
ard the big Changjin power darn*
gaining five miles and taking the
last of four hydro-electric plants
which supply power to North Ko
rea and parts of Manchuria.
The Marines are in the Tenth
Corps, which reportedly linked up
with the Eighth army at Tokchan,
in north-central Korea, 60 miles
northeast of the former Red capi
tal of Pyongyang.
On all fronts. Allied planes and
naval forces pounded more than
50 areas, firing towns and smash
ing bridges to block the oncoming
Chinese from Manchuria. In the
northwest comer of Korea, furi
ous Allied air strikes knocked out
two bridges spanning the Yalu
River in an effort to bloc off Chi
nese troops and supplies pouring
into Korea.
Enemy jet planes used rocKets,
it was believed, for the first time
in an air battle between U. S. jet
fighters and Russian-built MIG
15’s ocer the northwestern rub
bled city of Sinuijin. Neither side
suffered any losses. But a navy
Panther jet shot down, an MIG-15
in another battle fin the same
area. : ;
In Tokyo, tfee U. N. commission
for Korea sa^U was offering “all
practical assistance” to the U. N.
command on North Korean fron
tier violations by Chinese Red
soldiers. The commission said it
was acting to implement a U. N.
resolution at Lake Success that
“the frontier should be fully re
spected.”
The resolution was introduced
yesterday at Lake Success • over
i the objection of Russia’s Jacob A.
Malik, who argued introduction
should await the arrival of Peip
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